Mom of 4 Runs into Burning Home to Rescue Her Kids: ‘She Is an Absolute Hero’
A single mother from Michigan is being celebrated for her bravery after running into her burning home to rescue her four children.
Chelsea firefighters Lt. Derek Klink and Captain Scott Basar told Detroit’s NBC affiliate WDIV that Mikala Vish repeatedly re-entered the house early Tuesday morning to save her kids, ages 12, 6, 4, and 9 months.
Lt. Klink called it “the most heroic thing” he’s ever see, per the outlet.
Mikala Vish’s home caught fire Tuesday while she was inside with her four children, the youngest an infant and the oldest 13. Vish heroically pulled her children out of the home and suffered burns to 60% of her body.
“She has … first-, second- and third-degree burns,” Susan Sutton, Vish’s mother, told Fox 2 Detroit. “She has many tubes in her, she can’t talk. She’s wrapped up like a mummy.”
Vish is awake and aware, her mother said. Both Vish and her 6-year-old, Torin, will undergo skin graft surgery this week.
Vish could remain in a hospital for up to eight months, according to Sutton.
Meanwhile, Klink’s wife, Brynna, was so inspired by Vish and her courage and wanted to help out in some way, given how she’s lost nearly everything due to the fire. So, she started a GoFundMe on behalf of Vish, to help raise some money, so she can get back on her two feet, and pay for some of her medical expenses.
Source:
foxnews.com, her.womenworking.com, people.com
