Mother in ICU after throwing daughter out of burning apartment
By TJ Dysart
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MILWAUKEE (WISN) — A fire at a Milwaukee apartment building near Loomis and Fardale on Friday morning left five people injured, including a mother who threw her 9-year-old daughter to safety from a second-story window in the Southpoint neighborhood.
“It has been rough, man. I am trying to keep it together for my daughter,” Luis Ramirez, the father of the 9-year-old, said.
The fire occurred near Loomis and Fardale, and Ramirez’s daughter, Ni’lah, and her mother, Kessy, were inside the building.
“Her mother was like please catch her and then boom, my heart, and it could be my nieces or nephew, so I had to catch her,” said a neighbor who caught Ni’lah.
Ramirez expressed his gratitude, saying, “If it wasn’t for him, I don’t know what other injuries she could have sustained.”
Ni’lah was released from the hospital with only a scratch on her leg and minor smoke inhalation, but Kessy remains in the ICU under heavy sedation and on breathing tubes.
“We are 50/50 right now,” Ramirez said regarding Kessy’s recovery prospects.
Milwaukee police announced the arrest of a 43-year-old man in connection with the arson.
“Shame on you, first and foremost — God says forgive so I got to forgive, but it is going to be a process,” Ramirez said when asked about the suspect.
Ramirez has set up a GoFundMe to support his family as he works to move them forward while Kessy remains hospitalized.
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