BLACKFORD COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) — A group of children is being credited with saving their beloved neighbor from a house fire in Indiana.
Nina Osgood has been looking after the five children for about 12 years, while their mother, Keisha Gerber, was at work.
Due to the nature of her job, she works long, odd hours, so Nina offered to step in and help the family.
“She’s amazing,” Gerber told Nexstar’s WANE. “That lady would give the shirt off her back… She does everything for me and my kids.”
Earlier this month, Brenna Fields, 9, saw smoke and bright flames rising from Osgood’s window.
Brenna; her 11-year-old brother Reese, and 8-year-old cousin Grant Cosner rushed to rescue Osgood.
Keshia Gerber shared the below photos with WANE:
Without a second thought, they entered through Osgood’s back door, and shook her awake.
“It was black smoke rolling in when Nina was coming out, so she was like coughing,” said Reese.
“They say, about 15 more minutes, I’d be dead. So they was little heroes,” said Osgood of the kids. She did, however, lose two of her dogs in the fire.
With the help of the family and the rest of the Blackford County community, Osgood has since been able to find a new home.
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