GLENWOOD, Iowa (KMTV) — Construction workers are being hailed as heroes. They were driving by a house when they noticed it was on fire. Without thinking, they entered, helped save a family and even used a trampoline to get a teenage boy out of the top floor window.
John Lewis is the general manager for Leick Construction. He was the first person in the door.
Katrina: “So, what happened, what did you see when you were driving?”
John: “I stopped there at the stop sign, I looked to my right for traffic and I seen smoke coming out of the front porch window.”
Lewis, along with colleagues Gabe Record and Damian Pond, rushed inside and helped a mother, grandmother and 4-year-old girl escape. Then, they experienced something that seemed like an explosion.
“But when it exploded, it blew flames