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An Ohio man is being hailed as a hero after he rushed into a burning building to rescue an 11-month-old baby. Sixty-two-year-old John Stickovich was on his way to work when he saw a house filled with smoke. Firefighters had not yet arrived at the scene, so Stickovich jumped out of his car and found the baby\u2019s mother, Samantha James, with one of her twins, screaming for help. \u201cThe mother was sitting on the tree lawn with her one baby and I asked her if she was all right and she said \u2018my baby is still in the house\u2019 and I was thinking to myself, \u2018oh my God,\u2019 I have to save the baby,\u2019 that\u2019s how it was going to be,\u201d Stickovich told a local news station<\/a>. James had noticed the smoke and grabbed one of her twins, Lotus, and quickly rushed the baby outside. However, when she returned to get the second baby, Opal, but couldn\u2019t find her through the smoke. That\u2019s when she went back out to look for help.<\/p>\n

Stickovich was able to kick in the side door, but smoke and fire prevented him from entering. He then crawled through an open in the back of the house but was still unable to find the baby. After being told by James that the baby was in the kitchen by the baby gate, Stickovich entered the house a second time. \u201cIt was getting so bad in there, I was getting ready to leave actually and then the baby cried or made a sound, so I\u2019m thinking to myself \u2018the baby is right here,\u2019 so I just lurched forward and my arm went across his leg. I grabbed him by the leg, [pulled] and then we were both out,\u201d he recalled. Firefighters eventually arrived on scene and credit Stickovich with saving the baby\u2019s life. \u201cHe risked his life to bring that baby out, he did an amazing job this morning,\u201d said CFD spokesman Lt. Mike Norman at the time of the rescue. Three firefighters were injured while trying to put out the blaze, with Firefighter Pete Mauric being caught under a collapsing porch. Baby Opal had some burns and her mother and Lotus had inhaled some smoke, but all are expected to make a full recovery. Mauric has since been released from the hospital and shared that the story hits close to home. \u201cThese two are twins, I also have twin 15-month-olds, at home too so, I didn\u2019t know it at the time when we were on the scene but in the hospital I did hear about it, that they were twins that got out, so it hit a little closer for me,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Stickovich was recently honored at a ceremony for his bravery, with James thanking God that he stopped. She tearfully recalled the moment when Stickovich appeared with Opal. \u201cA couple of minutes later, he came out holding my baby, that I thought I was never going to see again. Those moments I was thinking to myself, how am I going to have just one twin?\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m so grateful for John, he\u2019s our guardian angel for sure, and for the firefighters.\u201d Stickovich remained humble. \u201cI’m sure God had something to do with it. I believe that 100%,\u201d he said. \u201cIf I wasn’t guided while I was in that smoke, I would have never found her.\u201d The family lost everything in the fire and a GoFundMe<\/a> has been started to help them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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