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After burning for what I think was about 20 minutes, a spray of water from outside came through the window and I sat up and let it fall on her and I then figured my job was done and I gave in. They didn't know we were in there. It wasn't until the entire apartment collapsed that a truck went by that cleared the smoke for a minute and a firefighter saw my head sticking out of the rubble. They came in and got me out and then her. They told me that when they got to me, I was fully awake and digging myself out. I have no memory of this. The girl had 3rd degree on her left foot and lost the toes on said foot. That is all.
Looking back in hindsight, I wish I had thrown a lamp or something out the window to get attention. That would have done the trick, but when you wake up and all exits is a wall of flames, and the carpet you are crawling on is smoking so that there really isn't much air to breathe, it becomes harder to think under pressure. It's basically my one regret. Neither one of us thought about it. She became unconcious after about 10 to 15 minutes.
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