Santo Livio, an 85-year-old from Kendall Park, New Jersey, and a woman walking in his neighborhood are being commended for saving a family in a burning home.
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and an early morning walker are being hailed by police for saving the lives of a sleeping family inside a home that caught on fire. Santo Livio of Kendall Park, who"stated that after a lifetime of being an early riser for work, he continued to wake up early in retirement, as well," was in the right place at the right time Wednesday when he noticed"puffs of smoke that looked like fog" coming from the garage of a home on Kingsley Road, according to the South Brunswick Township Police Department.
"Unsure if he was seeing smoke or fog, he stepped outside, at which point he saw a woman walking down the street" around 5:30 a.m., police said in a statement."He asked her if it appeared to be smoke, and she said yes, at which point they both ran to the house and began trying to alert the residents, banging on the door and windows.
"Mr. Livio then called 9-1-1 as the residents left the house, and the unknown woman left the scene in the commotion of the fire response," police added."Mr. Livio stated that the residents later came to his home to thank him for alerting them of the fire, allowing them to safely evacuate the home."
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