{"id":144701,"date":"2026-01-30T23:28:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T23:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/144701\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T23:28:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T23:28:11","slug":"fort-worth-store-manager-reunites-with-woman-he-rescued-from-freezing-cold-he-saved-my-life-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/144701\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Worth store manager reunites with woman he rescued from freezing cold: \u201cHe saved my life\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">FORT WORTH, Texas (CBS News) &#8211; The<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/texas\/news\/fort-worth-homeless-woman-frozen-evans-food-mart-rescue\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> woman whose life was saved from the dangerous cold and the Fort Worth store manager<\/a> who rescued her were reunited on Thursday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Surveillance video captured the moment the manager of Evans Food Mart rushed to rescue his customer, Bobbi Burrell, out of the cold.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cI didn\u2019t think anyone was going to help at first, or could hear me,\u201d Burrell said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Burrell says last Friday was her 50th birthday. She was trying to get to a warming shelter, but said it had closed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">She said she was out in the cold all night Friday into Saturday morning. Just before freezing rain and sleet started to fall, the manager at Evans Food Mart found her frozen on the street. He was the only one strong enough to lift her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cSo I couldn\u2019t stand up, couldn\u2019t walk,\u201d said Burrell. \u201cI started crawling through the ice to try to get some help, without my shoes on. I just couldn\u2019t get them on. So I left my hands and feet, just my body frozen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">That\u2019s when Faris Hussain stepped in.<\/p>\n<p>Fort Worth store manager helps save homeless woman found frozen outside<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Faris Hussain, a manager at the store, said another regular customer rushed in Thursday morning after spotting Burrell on the ground.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Hussein said Burrel is a regular, coming in every day for the past 5 years. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cWhen I heard her name, it was one of my good customers, so I instantly was like, \u2018Hey man, no no no, there\u2019s no way. We gotta go help her right now,\u2019\u201d Hussain said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Hussain ran outside and lifted her himself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cShe felt like a rock, as stiff as a rock,\u201d he said. \u201cI mean, it was, when I picked her up, her entire body was just, it was like, no matter which way you picked her up, her body was going to stay the same form.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Fort Worth Fire Department confirmed crews responded and paramedics took Burrell to a hospital. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cThink about it,\u201d said Hussein. \u201cIt\u2019s like, God\u2019s watching her. She\u2019s been through a car accident just a few months before that; her birthday was the same, one night before it froze over. It\u2019s kind of like God\u2019s watching over you, like, \u2018No, we\u2019re gonna make sure you\u2019re good.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Burrell said she\u2019s thankful to everyone involved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cDefinitely with the prayers, you feel blessed that great things will happen,\u201d said Burrell. \u201cAnd live all your life, go back to work and be off the street, and a big turn of events. Hopefully, to inspire others to help, you know, if somebody is screaming for help, help them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u00a9 2026 CBS Broadcasting Inc. 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