A teenage boy has been branded as a hero after his brilliant idea saved the lives of his neighbors. 17-year-old Falon O’Regan from Bentleyville, Pennsylvania, was about to go to sleep on early Monday morning when he saw flames engulfing the four-unit building where he lives with his mother.“I opened the [front] door and I was flabbergasted.

I stared at it for a couple of seconds, closed it, grabbed the stuff that I could, broke a door, broke a window, and I jumped,” the teen recalled in an interview with DailyMail.com. After he grabbed his birth certificate and his wallet and jumped to safety, he was soon joined by other first-floor occupants. That’s when the brave teen realized that the people living on the upper floor of the apartment building were still trapped inside, possibly with no way out other than through the windows.

“I thought about the kids, and what I would do if I was younger. I just thought I’d panic, so I just had to do this,” O’Regan added as he spoke of his determination to help other residents. Knowing he didn’t have much time to act, the 17-year-old moved a nearby trampoline close to the building and under the window where he saw his neighbors. For the following few minutes, Falon continued to encourage his neighbors to jump from the window and onto the trampoline.

Two adults, two children, and two dogs eventually jumped out of the burning building and escaped with minor injuries. “He threw the phone at one of the people laying on the trampoline so he could yell at everyone else to jump and get out,” the boy’s mother, Becky Williams, recalled Tuesday morning outside the wrecked home.

“I couldn’t get him any longer, and I was worried because all of our pets were in there, and my other son had his cat there, and I was concerned about waking him up and getting someone here for my son.” He was losing it trying to help, but he was also freaking out because he was alone.” While no one died in the fire as a result of O’Regan’s quick thinking, Williams did lose some of her cats.

She was also heartbroken by the loss of all of her possessions and items of sentimental value to her grandmother and son. “My son was really upset with himself because he couldn’t get the cats out. “But he thought enough to open the window and check that the door was open,” she added. The cause of the fire has yet to be determined as of this writing.

After retiring from competition due to health issues, a 20-year-old figure skating champion committed suicide by jumping from her apartment building. Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya may have committed suicide, but ‘the circumstances of the incident are being clarified,’ according to Izvestia. The Russian-born figure skating champion obtained Australian citizenship four years ago.

In 2018, she completed for her adopted country at the Pyeongchang Olympics with her skating partner Harley Windsor. Even though they won the world junior title, Miss Alexandrovskaya was forced to retire from competitions as she sustained several injuries. According to TASS, a heartbreaking note was found in her room after she jumped from the window.

Windsor said he was ‘devastated’ by the tragic news. He took to Instagram and wrote: “The amount we had achieved during our partnership is something I can never forget and will always hold close to my heart. The chef de mission for the Australian team in Pyeongchang, Ian Chesterman, said the incident was a shock for everyone who knew her.

“It is enormously sad to lose Katia, who was a vibrant and talented person and an incredible athlete,” Mr. Chesterman said. “She was quiet and humble in her manner but incredibly determined to be the best she could be. “Life since the Games has not been easy for her and this is another timely reminder of just how fragile life is.”

One internet user commented: “How utterly horrific and such a tragic loss of a young talented life. Challenging times we live in. Fight for the light!” Another wrote: “What a shame this beautiful young talented lady felt she had to end her life . Nothing else to say but RIP . A third added: “Rest in gentle peace. Gone far too soon! I wish she could have seen a better path.”

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