A 67-year-old father is being praised as a hero after jumping from the second floor of a burning home to save his family. He didn’t hesitate in the moment.

“To me, it’s the family. We are alive — that’s it,” Otoniel Gomez told NBC affiliate KNBC. “The other thing, it’s just material.”

The fire broke out on the first floor of the California home in the middle of the night. Capt. Sean Doran of the Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA) explained what happened. He said Gomez jumped from their bedroom window after his wife smelled smoke and the blaze had spread to outside their door.

Father Saves Family From Burning Home

He then grabbed a ladder, helping his wife and 11-year-old son to escape.

“You can hear the dad on top of the ladder, pounding on that window, trying to get the attention of

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