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Brian Dail, a homeless Kenosha resident, selflessly risked his life by running into a home that was on fire and saving the life of a little girl who was inside. One good deed deserves another. Let's help him get on his feet.
Here's the story from the Kenosha News:
Dail, 36, said he and his wife and children became homeless. He clashed with people at local shelters over rule violations. His children were taken into foster care. His wife filed for divorce.
Despite his troubles, Dail’s life took a turn for the heroic this week when he ran into a burning apartment building to save a 5-year-old stranger.
Dail was mentioned in a Kenosha Police report for his role in pulling the girl from a fire Sunday in a four-unit apartment building at 2106 61st Street.
According to Dail, he was visiting his brother who lives in the building when they smelled smoke. At first, he said, they thought the smoke was drifting in from outside. Then it got heavy, and they realized the building was on fire.
“I ran outside without my shoes or coat,” he said.
Outside, he said, people were shouting that there was still a child in an upstairs apartment. He said he ran inside, at first encountering a cat that he took outside. The smoke was so heavy, he said, that he was driven out to catch a breath of air. Then went back in to try again.
“I’m not worried about me, she’s more important than anything,” Dail said.
He said he found the child under a blanket on a couch. “She was all balled up,” he said. He said she reached out to him and he lifted her up, then ended up handing her over to another man who came into the room looking for her.
She was taken to the hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation, and was released to her father Reginald Pritchett that night. Pritchett called Dail “an angel in disguise.”
Dail said he has been homeless for months. He said he stays “wherever I can lay my head,” with conflicts over rules getting him banned from local shelters. He said he spends part of his days at Bridges Community Center, a support center for people with mental illness. Other days he seeks shelter at public libraries.
On Monday he went back to the site of the fire and was able to meet the girl and her father. He said she gave him a hug. Still wearing clothes that smelled of smoke from the fire on Tuesday, he said the rescue has been a bright spot in a difficult time.
“She’s my guardian angel,” he said.
Here's the story from the Kenosha News:
Dail, 36, said he and his wife and children became homeless. He clashed with people at local shelters over rule violations. His children were taken into foster care. His wife filed for divorce.
Despite his troubles, Dail’s life took a turn for the heroic this week when he ran into a burning apartment building to save a 5-year-old stranger.
Dail was mentioned in a Kenosha Police report for his role in pulling the girl from a fire Sunday in a four-unit apartment building at 2106 61st Street.
According to Dail, he was visiting his brother who lives in the building when they smelled smoke. At first, he said, they thought the smoke was drifting in from outside. Then it got heavy, and they realized the building was on fire.
“I ran outside without my shoes or coat,” he said.
Outside, he said, people were shouting that there was still a child in an upstairs apartment. He said he ran inside, at first encountering a cat that he took outside. The smoke was so heavy, he said, that he was driven out to catch a breath of air. Then went back in to try again.
“I’m not worried about me, she’s more important than anything,” Dail said.
He said he found the child under a blanket on a couch. “She was all balled up,” he said. He said she reached out to him and he lifted her up, then ended up handing her over to another man who came into the room looking for her.
She was taken to the hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation, and was released to her father Reginald Pritchett that night. Pritchett called Dail “an angel in disguise.”
Dail said he has been homeless for months. He said he stays “wherever I can lay my head,” with conflicts over rules getting him banned from local shelters. He said he spends part of his days at Bridges Community Center, a support center for people with mental illness. Other days he seeks shelter at public libraries.
On Monday he went back to the site of the fire and was able to meet the girl and her father. He said she gave him a hug. Still wearing clothes that smelled of smoke from the fire on Tuesday, he said the rescue has been a bright spot in a difficult time.
“She’s my guardian angel,” he said.
Organizer and beneficiary
Norgie Amaury Montes Metzinger
Organizer
Kenosha, WI
Brian Dail
Beneficiary
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