A Fredericton woman and her family are thanking the firefighters who saved her life three months ago.
Tori McCarty was pulled from a burning apartment building in Fredericton in August. Firefighters found her unresponsive inside a smoke-filled room.
She was listed in critical condition and immediately airlifted to a Halifax hospital. Today she is back home and doing well.
“She is on her way to recovery. It’s going to be a long process but she’s coming along fine and she’s going to get through this fine,” says her father, Thane McCarty.
On the weekend, Tori and her family visited the firefighters who responded to the blaze to thank them for their actions.
“There’s not really any words to come up with to describe how our family feels,” says Thane McCarty.
“We feel lucky. We feel lucky that we have the opportunity because some people don’t have the opportunity we have.”
Firefighters respond to a range of emergency calls every day and their profession is among those most respected.
Still, they say it’s rare to receive followup visits and a ‘thank you’ when all is said and done.
“Not often, not often at all,” says Fredericton Fire Chief Paul Fleming. “This is what they live for. This is what they signed up for, and to see a survivor like this, it just means everything to them.”
“We’re very thankful this year and we will be forever,” says Thane McCarty.
With files from CTV Atlantic's Nick Moore
