A Las Vegas, Nevada, man has introduced his two-year-old son to the firefighter who pulled him, the dad, from a burning home 23 years ago — inspiring him to become a firefighter himself.
“When I was 2 years old my house caught on fire & I was trapped inside, I ended up dying that day & this firefighter, Jeff Ohs, saved me from that building & brought [me] back to life,” Xavier Lewis, 26, wrote in a tweet on May 30 that went viral.
“Now 23 years later, he is holding my 2-year-old son,” he added. “I literally wouldn’t be here without him.”
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The two have stayed in touch over the years.
And over time, both even ended up moving to Las Vegas, where Lewis’ mother recently arranged a dinner for the families to reconnect.
That’s when Lewis introduced his son Ezra, 2, to the man who saved his life when he himself was that age.
“Dude!!! You are a fighter through and through” Ohs replied to Lewis’ tweet.
“And honestly you scared the s— out of me that day. So blessed for the outcome. Love you guys,” Ohs added.
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Ohs remembers the day in October 1999, he said.
He and his partner were out doing an inspection on the east side of their district in Long Beach, California, when the call came in.
“We pulled up to a single story, single family residence with fire showing from the back of the residence,” Ohs told Fox News Digital.
“We did our thing. We stretched lines and we made entry. We were able to knock the bulk of the fire out pretty quickly.”
Ohs said there was no indication, in the chaos, that anyone was inside the house, but he decided to do a quick search of the home just in case.
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“I searched the front living room, front bedroom, bathroom and then back bedroom,” Ohs said.
“And that’s where I…
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