Woman in coma after helping four younger siblings escape Racine house fire
By Tanner Kahler
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RACINE, Wis. (WISN) — She was the last one to escape her family’s burning home.
Sandra Aranda, 21, was still in a coma Thursday two days after a fire ripped through the house near Buchanan and Hamilton streets in Racine.
Her loved ones told 12 News that Aranda made sure her four younger siblings escaped the fire.
Now, she has major swelling in her brain from a lack of oxygen.
“She always took care of her siblings. All of us,” sister Giselle Aranda said. “She wanted to make sure we were OK. She did everything for us and was basically our second mom.”
The family lost everything in the fire and will have to find a new place to live.
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