A 93-year-old woman perished in a fire at her Queens home.
The victim, Kam Mei Koo, was found unconscious and unresponsive on the second floor of 98-01 101st Ave, the FDNY said.Her dutiful son, Jack, had left the home to pick up his daughter Friday, only to find the building in flames when he returned.
Koo said he bought a new battery on eBay for $200 that was delivered Aug. 3, adding, “I will tell you one thing, the battery had problem, not the bike.”“This is money,” he said, pointing at the building.“I can make it back but the life, I cannot make it back. Life is more important than money. I came to the United States with $200. I had nothing. I can make it back….but life, I cannot make it back.
The store owner and an employee brought two ladders to the scene, put them against the side of the building, but the FDNY took over and got Rodriguez, 67, down “right away,” Kumar said.Thomas Rodriguez, 61, said his wife, who was treated for smoke inhalation at Jamaica Hospital and released, was still “in a lot of pain” Saturday and had bruising on her arms and legs.The husband rues that he saw the bike plugged in when he left for work at 7 a.m.
Rodriguez said his wife heard some “popping sound and then saw the smoke” and noted the only reason his wife is alive is because she had her door closed and “it bought her time.”
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