"A United Parcel Service driver at work recently charged into a burning home outside Los Angeles and carried a centenarian woman out to safety in what officials called a remarkable example of people looking out for one another in a moment of need. As his heroics drew attention in online circles dedicated to finding uplifting stories in the media, Willy Esquivel told the Los Angeles news outlet KTLA that he was just a UPS driver who was in the right place at the right time."
"I just did what I thought was right, Esquivel said to KTLA. At the end of the day, she's someone's mother, someone's grandmother, great-grandmother. It was 15 January when neighbors of 101-year-old Ann Edwards saw heavy smoke pouring out of her Santa Ana condominium. Smoke had filled the kitchen and set off the fire alarm, prompting neighbors to pound on her door and implored her to leave with them. Edwards lives alone, and she was confused as well as reluctant to go, KTLA reported."
On Jan. 15 a UPS driver, Willy Esquivel, entered a smoke-filled Santa Ana condominium and carried 101-year-old Ann Edwards to safety after neighbors discovered heavy smoke pouring from the unit. Smoke had filled the kitchen and triggered the fire alarm, and neighbors pounded on Edwards's door; she was confused and initially reluctant to leave. Esquivel, completing a nearby delivery, brought Edwards to a neighbor's couch, comforted her and stayed until firefighters arrived. Neighbors used extinguishers and one roofer sprayed water into the kitchen vent. Firefighters extinguished the blaze and transported Edwards to a hospital for evaluation.
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