:o( my sisters' father is passed away :o(
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Sorry for the loss of your Dad. May he rest in peace. 
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http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/...38569&catname=Local+News&classif=News+-+Local
Woman escapes fireball in deadly blaze
Smoke inhalation claims lives of two men in second-floor apartment
Grant LaFleche, Standard Staff
Local News - Friday, December 23, 2005 @ 01:00
Badly burned and enveloped in a shroud of black smoke, the woman clung desperately to the blackened window frame.
She had nowhere to go.
The fall two storeys to the ground would likely leave her badly injured. But climbing back inside to face the growing inferno would probably kill her.
Neighbours yelled at her not to let go. They would get a ladder or catch her if they had to. They just wanted her to hang on.
But that, as it turned out, wasn’t an option either.
Witnesses believe she must have seen the flames coming. She let go and began to fall to the frozen ground below just as the fireball blasted through the window.
It just missed her. The timing was incredible, said witness Paul Kobak. She was really hurt when she hit the ground. She was burned pretty bad and I think she broke some bones.
The woman, who has yet to be identified publicly, was the only one to escape alive from the burning Thorold apartment Thursday morning.
As it is, she remains in a Toronto hospital in serious condition.
Two men on the second-floor of the Pine Street residence, identified by their landlord as Craig Cooper and Tim Pidduck, died from smoke inhalation.
They were good guys, kept to themselves. Always paid their rent, said Serge Carpino of Canal City Realty which owns the gutted building. This is just ... I got the call at 3 o’clock in the morning. I’m devastated.
Thorold fire chief Larry Coplen said the first calls for the fire came around 2 a.m.
Between the time we got the call and the time the first crews arrived was maybe two minutes, Coplen said. But already flames were shooting up out of the roof.
The old, grey-blue house had been converted into two apartments, he said.
Renovations had resulted in several voids in the ceiling where flames could hide from fire fighters, Coplen said.
It took a long time, a couple of hours, to knock it down.
Fire crews found the injured woman on the front lawn of the building and later found the bodies of Cooper and Pidduck inside.
The blaze might also have taken the lives of the three men, two children and dog in the ground-floor apartment had it not been for the quick actions of one of them.
Kobak, 50, said he was in the ground-floor apartment Thursday morning and might not have escaped but for the shouts of his friend Paul Gurling who lives there.
Kobak had been staying with Gurling and his roommate since Star Records, his downtown St. Catharines store, recently went under.
I didn’t really live there, but spent a number of weeks staying there with them, he said in an interview from another friend’s home in Hamilton Thursday afternoon.
Kobak said he had just dozed off around 2 a.m. on the living room couch when he heard Gurling shouting.
It is a real blur, he said. It is still a little fuzzy because I was asleep, but I remember Paul shouting to us, Get out! Get out now!’
Kobak said Gurling had heard the fire alarm go off in an upstairs apartment.
I didn’t hear it. Paul has super hearing or something.
Gurling went upstairs and knocked on the door.
No one answered.
The door was hot. He could smell smoke. He knew something was wrong and ran downstairs, Kobak said. This guy is a hero. He gathered up his kids and his dog, woke me and his roommate up and got us out.
When they got outside, the woman was hanging from the window. Gurling told her to hang on. But before anyone could do anything for her, she let go, barely avoiding the fireball.
She was taken to St. Catharines General Hospital and later flown by helicopter to Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto.
Cooper and Pidduck, 47, both living on disability pensions, moved into the apartment about three months ago, said Carpino.
They were well-known in downtown Thorold, particularly at the bars on Front Street not far from their apartment.
Joe Vargovic, owner of the Stadium Tavern on Front Street, said the pair would come in together three or four times a month.
They would get a pitcher of draft, usually Blue, and sat down over there, by the pool table, Vargovic said Thursday afternoon, waving a hand toward the pool table and jukebox under the low ceiling of his pub.
The tavern owner said Cooper and Pidduck often kept to themselves and really liked to drink.
Sometimes they came when the band Cy Factor played the Stadium. Vargovic said Cooper was related to some members of the band.
It was his cousin or something in the band. Sometimes if they were getting out of hand or something, she would buy them a drink. You know, to keep them under control, he said.
News of the fire spread quickly and by 11 a.m. Thursday, a couple of Vargovic’s regulars were already in the tavern talking about the familiar faces they won’t see anymore.
Niagara Regional Police do not suspect arson, and the Ontario Fire Marshal has taken over the investigation.
No cause for the fire was determined Thursday.
NRP spokesman Constable Sal Basilone said police will keep the building secured until fire investigators complete their work.
Woman escapes fireball in deadly blaze
Smoke inhalation claims lives of two men in second-floor apartment
Grant LaFleche, Standard Staff
Local News - Friday, December 23, 2005 @ 01:00
Badly burned and enveloped in a shroud of black smoke, the woman clung desperately to the blackened window frame.
She had nowhere to go.
The fall two storeys to the ground would likely leave her badly injured. But climbing back inside to face the growing inferno would probably kill her.
Neighbours yelled at her not to let go. They would get a ladder or catch her if they had to. They just wanted her to hang on.
But that, as it turned out, wasn’t an option either.
Witnesses believe she must have seen the flames coming. She let go and began to fall to the frozen ground below just as the fireball blasted through the window.
It just missed her. The timing was incredible, said witness Paul Kobak. She was really hurt when she hit the ground. She was burned pretty bad and I think she broke some bones.
The woman, who has yet to be identified publicly, was the only one to escape alive from the burning Thorold apartment Thursday morning.
As it is, she remains in a Toronto hospital in serious condition.
Two men on the second-floor of the Pine Street residence, identified by their landlord as Craig Cooper and Tim Pidduck, died from smoke inhalation.
They were good guys, kept to themselves. Always paid their rent, said Serge Carpino of Canal City Realty which owns the gutted building. This is just ... I got the call at 3 o’clock in the morning. I’m devastated.
Thorold fire chief Larry Coplen said the first calls for the fire came around 2 a.m.
Between the time we got the call and the time the first crews arrived was maybe two minutes, Coplen said. But already flames were shooting up out of the roof.
The old, grey-blue house had been converted into two apartments, he said.
Renovations had resulted in several voids in the ceiling where flames could hide from fire fighters, Coplen said.
It took a long time, a couple of hours, to knock it down.
Fire crews found the injured woman on the front lawn of the building and later found the bodies of Cooper and Pidduck inside.
The blaze might also have taken the lives of the three men, two children and dog in the ground-floor apartment had it not been for the quick actions of one of them.
Kobak, 50, said he was in the ground-floor apartment Thursday morning and might not have escaped but for the shouts of his friend Paul Gurling who lives there.
Kobak had been staying with Gurling and his roommate since Star Records, his downtown St. Catharines store, recently went under.
I didn’t really live there, but spent a number of weeks staying there with them, he said in an interview from another friend’s home in Hamilton Thursday afternoon.
Kobak said he had just dozed off around 2 a.m. on the living room couch when he heard Gurling shouting.
It is a real blur, he said. It is still a little fuzzy because I was asleep, but I remember Paul shouting to us, Get out! Get out now!’
Kobak said Gurling had heard the fire alarm go off in an upstairs apartment.
I didn’t hear it. Paul has super hearing or something.
Gurling went upstairs and knocked on the door.
No one answered.
The door was hot. He could smell smoke. He knew something was wrong and ran downstairs, Kobak said. This guy is a hero. He gathered up his kids and his dog, woke me and his roommate up and got us out.
When they got outside, the woman was hanging from the window. Gurling told her to hang on. But before anyone could do anything for her, she let go, barely avoiding the fireball.
She was taken to St. Catharines General Hospital and later flown by helicopter to Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto.
Cooper and Pidduck, 47, both living on disability pensions, moved into the apartment about three months ago, said Carpino.
They were well-known in downtown Thorold, particularly at the bars on Front Street not far from their apartment.
Joe Vargovic, owner of the Stadium Tavern on Front Street, said the pair would come in together three or four times a month.
They would get a pitcher of draft, usually Blue, and sat down over there, by the pool table, Vargovic said Thursday afternoon, waving a hand toward the pool table and jukebox under the low ceiling of his pub.
The tavern owner said Cooper and Pidduck often kept to themselves and really liked to drink.
Sometimes they came when the band Cy Factor played the Stadium. Vargovic said Cooper was related to some members of the band.
It was his cousin or something in the band. Sometimes if they were getting out of hand or something, she would buy them a drink. You know, to keep them under control, he said.
News of the fire spread quickly and by 11 a.m. Thursday, a couple of Vargovic’s regulars were already in the tavern talking about the familiar faces they won’t see anymore.
Niagara Regional Police do not suspect arson, and the Ontario Fire Marshal has taken over the investigation.
No cause for the fire was determined Thursday.
NRP spokesman Constable Sal Basilone said police will keep the building secured until fire investigators complete their work.
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Sorry for the terrible loss, my sympathy to you and your family.
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I'm sorry to learn of this and you, family will be in my thoughts and prayers--Please do take great care, this has to be quite difficult with Christmas so close...I do feel that 'he' would want everyone to cherish what Christmas is about and do hope you and everyone will be able to find some peace within through the holidays....
I'm very sorry to hear of the two unfortunate deaths due to smoke inhalation. This was a big shock to the city of St. Catharines and made the front page of the newspaper today. I heard of the news earlier yesterday and didn't know of your relation till last night.
Today at work, I saw the front page and I read the story. So tragic that this had to happen just before Christmas. Again, I'm very sorry to hear of such a tragedy.
Today at work, I saw the front page and I read the story. So tragic that this had to happen just before Christmas. Again, I'm very sorry to hear of such a tragedy.
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Deafmonkey..you have my condolences and you and your family are in my
thoughts and prayers during this holiday season...God bless!
thoughts and prayers during this holiday season...God bless!
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Banjo said:
Yes, it is my sisters' father but their father think I am his daughter and also you already know that i said in here that he has my name on his tattoo on his chest on the left side on the chest near shoulder. He showed me and my mom and my sisters that he has tattoo name of mine and my 2 sisters' name.
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Thanks everyone .. still dont know when will go for funeral
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oh my god, i just read that in the newspaper this morning, i never expected it to be somesome related to someone in ad.
I am sorry for your loss, even more sorry that it had to happen a few days before christmas.
hugs..
I am sorry for your loss, even more sorry that it had to happen a few days before christmas.
hugs..
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darkangel8603 said:
you live in canada?? .. cause you said you read the newspaper this morning?
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DeafMonkey,
I read your newspaper on this thread and deep symptanty goes out for you..and family too nearly christmas.
I read your newspaper on this thread and deep symptanty goes out for you..and family too nearly christmas.
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DeafMonkey said:
yeah i live in canada, in ontario.
Aww DeafMonkey *hug*...
I just read the story above that you posted, and is really sorry to hear about your sister's father....I know it must be hard on your family during the holidays and not being able to see him anymore, but he will always be with you girls...
May he rest in peace, and I'll keep you girls in my prayer
I just read the story above that you posted, and is really sorry to hear about your sister's father....I know it must be hard on your family during the holidays and not being able to see him anymore, but he will always be with you girls...
May he rest in peace, and I'll keep you girls in my prayer
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darkangel8603 said:
ahh you live in ontario hehe ok lol
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My mom went to funeral already and I didnt go there .. I asked my mom and she said only family.. my sisters' aint my dad but he think I am his daughter. so I am not really his family so only my mom go there and my mom told me that my 2 sisters feeling hurt that their dad is passed away.
And you already read the newspaper that the lady escape from the house from the fire.. She is still in hopstial as I asked my mom how she is feel ok ? and my mom said no that the lady might go died in anytime (today).. The lady still sore as well.
I just thinking of Craig that I never forgot what he done to me and my sisters when I was kid like he took me to play outside at the park, take us to resturant, put me to bed, cant remember more from him.
Ohhh yeah still didnt find out how the house caught the fire yet.
Awwww, Deafmonkey, I am so very sorry to hear of this terrible tragedy happening in your family. I am so sorry for your sister's loss, and my condolences go out to you and your family. My prayers are with you at this sad time, and I know he will be watching over your family. Peace be with all of you, and God Bless.