Saturday, February 24, 2007

Acting on Instinct

Oakwood Hills -- Belinda Staurowsky credits her martial arts training for her ability to remain calm as she and Oliver Pence rescued Timothy Shafer from his burning house Thursday night.

"I saw fire coming from a house of people that I knew," she said. "And I rushed to help."

Staurowsky, who lives across the street, said that she saw a situation of need and acted on it. Staurowsky, 42, said she started calling out for Shafer as she crawled toward the back door to avoid the smoke.

"It was like I was looking in a chimney," Staurowsky said.

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