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Hero saves sleeping Asian family from fiery demise
by Ed Fogle, published on July 10, 2009 at 3:01 AM
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Sacramento, CA- A sleeping family lives today because of the heroism of Santino Deanda
Lyndsay Deanda stated she and her husband Santino were on their way to the hospital with their daughter traveling down H Street, when in the 3700 block Santino spotted the back of a house on fire.
Santino stopped the vehicle, instructed Lyndsay to call 911 and headed to the front door to wake the family. Santino actually went into the burning, smoke filled house several times to be sure every one was out.
The blaze started in a couch on the back patio up against the house. The fire quickly spread catching the back side of the house on fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Santino was transported to UC Davis Medical Center by paramedics to be treated for smoke inhalation.
Battalion Chief King indicated that if not for the heroic act of Deanda, this could have been a very bad situation. While Deanda is credited with saving many lives, King noted that firefighters go into fires and smoke filled homes prepared with a vast array of safety equipment and tools. "Inhaling one breath of the superheated toxic smoke of a structure fire will drop you to floor".
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But two things: first, the proper wording would be "....Deanda stated that SHE and her husband..." Not "her and her husband."
Second, I'm really not sure why the ethnicity of the victims was needed. The fact that they were Asian adds nothing to the story and could be construed as racist.
Thank you for your input.