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An officer with the Seagoville Police Department is being commended for his bravery after helping a family out of a burning home early Saturday morning. According to police, Officer Sam Click was patrolling his assigned area when he found the garage of a duplex home in the 700 block of Casa Grande Drive engulfed in flames. The fire was moving toward the home where a dad and his six young children were asleep inside. Body camera footage showed Click decided to enter the home within seconds of arriving on scene. “The fire department, they were minutes away and I don’t think we had minutes,” said Officer Click. When he arrived on scene, neighbor Shelby Hood was outside screaming for the family to wake up. Hood said she saw the fire through her blinds next door. She said it took less than a minute for her to race outside. In that time, the fire had spread. “I see like a flash of light, I pulled the blinds down and I freaked, I lost it,” Hood said. “By the time I got here, the heat was so hot and the flames were so loud I couldn’t hear myself screaming.” She was able to wake up Jeremy Giblaint, who lived in the unit attached to the burning duplex. Giblaint knew his brother-in-law and six nephews were inside next door. Flames were burning at the front door, so they ran to the back and broke in. Body camera footage showed Click waking up the sleeping father inside as Gilblaint and the officer turned into another bedroom and picked up the rest of the children.
There were six kids inside the home, ranging in age from six months to ten years old. All made it out without any injuries. “I keep looking at it and keep replaying everything in my mind and realizing how close we were to losing everything, losing family,” Giblaint said. “From the heroic actions of these neighbors and Officer Sam Click, all residents were safely removed from the duplex with no significant injuries reported,” according to a press release from the Seagoville Police Department. “He went against orders to come in here to put his life on the side to rescue my nephews,” Giblaint said. “You can’t ask anybody to do that. It takes a special kind of person to put your life on the line for others.” Click said he thought about the rescue on his way home after his shift ended that morning. “It was one of those moments when you kind of sit there — that’s something you hope you never have to do again,” Click said. “I was just at the right place, at the right time and I just had to take action.” The fire started in the garage. There’s no word yet on the cause. There were smoke detectors in the home, but it’s not clear if they were working. Click said smoke had just started seeping into the home when he went inside to wake up the family. The children’s mother works as a home healthcare aide. She was at work when the fire broke out. The family of eight is fine and staying with other relatives until they can rebuild.
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😆This was so awesome
Omg the kids sleeping in bed 😥
This is why I’m putting a fire sprinkler system in my house
Imagine being one of those innocent kids who were sleeping. You're having a nice and peaceful dream when all of a sudden, Police officers are yelling at you to get out of the house asap bc its on fire. You'd have no idea what the police was telling you bc you're just a kid. It must have been so overwhelming and traumatizing
Dang, seeing kids just made this even more terrifying
I wake up from burned popcorn and these people be sleeping through a structure fire. Damn, sounds like my wife.
This will never be on the news
Bro really ran out and forgot his family
The officer made a critical error though which contributed to the chaos. ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS announce yourself. Announce what's going on. If there is a fire. Bang on every window and yell FIRE!! FIRE!! GET OUT!! GET OUT!! FIRE!! EVACUATE! The poor adult inside probably thought they were home intruders and was ready to shoot them. This goes for non-police too. If you're an unannounced visitor, you must announce yourself loudly multiple times. Announce you're department/company. If you're a neighbor say "It's your neighbor"
Not all officers are created equal. some save you some shot you
Smoke detectors are freaking $8.
There’s no mofo excuse.
Bout to drink a beer for this dude rite now. Balls a fire rite there
Meanwhile MY smoke detector won't shut up over the smell of a perfectly cooked pizza.
God bless that officer. I definitely will be praying for his safety. He is not only a good officer but a good human being as well.
Amazing! True Hero
Misleading.
It was one cop and two civilians. Just saying. Still though, that's awesome the officer actually did his job right.
HOOAH!!! THANK YOU AND MUCH RESPECT!!!
Oh man, my heart was beating so fast. That officer…oh wow. He and that other man saved those kids. I could hardly breathe watching the video. Both men are heros.
Badass!
I know it's a stressful situation, but everyone but the cops seems extremely low IQ.
what a outstanding officer!
Meanwhile 2020 are pathetic Tyrant cops equipped with guns just to kill but not saving anybody
Can’t say enough about that police officer. He rescued all the people in that burning house. Everyone is safe due to his quick and safe thinking.
Job well done!!!
What are we doing mama are hijo when
Que are you doing mama stop papa de are going stop doing that estoy
Que when texas when you police when officer stop the officer that estoy
Dang! What are you going to the police when officer estoy chase you officer stop doing this help you out
Did that little kid try to run back into the burning house?
Es lo mas hermoso que tenemos em u.s.a la policia dan todo por salvarnos este video me iso llorarðŸ˜
That's what you call a hero
“ACABâ€