Des Moines woman breaks window with fists to save man from fire

Melissa Farrell and 10-year-old Jesse Kaufman rescue neighbors. Photo by WHO TV

DES MOINES, Iowa - A woman broke in a window with her fists to save a man from a house fire Wednesday.

Melissa Farrell and her nephew, 10 year-old Jesse Kaufman, were at a house just around the corner when they saw their neighbor's house on East 15th Street was on fire.  

Farrell and the boy pounded on the door of the house, and woke Nancy May who was taking a nap, inside.

May got out, but told Farrell a man was still in the house.

Farrell says the man wasn't paying attention so she busted the window with her hands.  When he still didn't respond, Farrell went into the burning house and led him out.

The Fire Department tells WHO TV the cause of the fire is under investigation.


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