Deaf Woman Escapes Fire…by By Jumping Through Second Story Window.

Cindy Chavarria escaped a massive fire in her Pinon Trails apartment building with only a few scratches, a feat not possible without a special smoke detector.“She wouldn’t have been able to hear anything. She wouldn’t have known anything. She’s really grateful,” said Jazmin Espinoza, who translated her sister’s sign language.Chavarria is deaf and lives alone. She said her smoke detector, equipped for the hearing impaired, alerted her to the fire.“She first noticed it when she saw the fire alarm flashing,” said Espinoza.Chavarria opened her door, saw the shooting flames and jumped through her second floor window, in fear for her life.“She was really scared,” said Espinoza. “She didn’t know what to think. She was like… ‘I don’t know if I was going to make it out on time.’ She didn’t know what to do.”….read more

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