A
young girl was saved from a burning home 19 years ago by a cop. She
reunites with her guardian angel 19 years later at her college
graduation.
Josibelk Aponte was a 5-year-old girl
when she was almost killed in a fire at her family’s home in Hartford,
Connecticut, on June 25, 1998. Fortunately, a police detective, Peter
Getz, rushed to the scene and saved her with CPR after a firefighter
pulled her out of the building.
19 years later, Josibelk has graduated
from Eastern Connecticut State University and wanted to share this
important occasion with him.
“There are only a few moments that are
so important in life. I wanted to share my graduation with everyone
who’s important to me, who have been there for me, and who helped me
through tough times,” she said in an interview with Hartford Courant.
“I almost died, but I was given a second
chance at life, and it was because of Peter and all the authorities,
everyone who came to help that day,” she added.
While Josibelk is full of gratitude for Peter, he said, “I did what I was trained to do, what I had to do.”
Josibelk had gone into cardiac arrest.
As his partner drove them to the hospital nearby, he initiated CPR on
Josibelk at the back of his patrol car. She was breathing on her own
when they reached the hospital.
“I’m one cog in that wheel, from the
dispatchers to the firefighters who risked their lives to go in and
bring her out. We all did what [we were] trained to do that day; it’s
not just about me. That’s how this process is supposed to work, that’s
why we wear [the] uniforms we wear,” Peter said.
Josibelk also received a teddy bear from Peter during her stay in the hospital and she still has it.
She lost touch with Peter after her
family moved away. A few years ago, she reconnected with him through
Facebook after some “Facebook stalking” and also invited him to her
graduation. To be able to see Josibelk receiving her degree, Peter said
it “makes my heart beat faster.”
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