(CBS 46) – That captain is a mother of three and leads the team at Station #3.
“On this fire, we did what we had to do and the thing is everybody there knew what they had to do,” said Captain Jackie Peckrul.
It’s a moment which Captain Peckrul will never forget.
“I was thinking oh my gosh don’t drop it. Ha, ha,” said Peckrul.
She responded to a massive fire at the Avondale Forest Apartments in Decatur last week and saved a child’s life.
“I started going up the ladder and my plan was to actually get up on the balcony with them so that I could help them get on the ladder and have somebody else assist them down, but I got about halfway up there and here comes a baby down to my arms,” said Peckrul.
She caught a baby which was tossed from a third-floor balcony engulfed in flames. It was one out of a dozen people rescued that day by the crew at DeKalb Fire Station #3.
“It was hot, you could feel it from the ground and they don’t have the gear on so they were just ready for us to come get them,” said Peckrul.
Their incredible bravery saved multiple lives. It’s quite an accomplishment for this mother of triplets who is also a hero.
