BOSTON — A family in Hyde Park is looking for the good Samaritan who alerted them to their house being on fire.
Sue and Dan Sullivan were asleep when the flames ignited early Sunday morning. They say the banging on their door is what saved them.
“I think it’s a stranger. Someone just driving by,” Sue Sullivan said. “He saved my life. He’s a guardian angel.”
“No doubt in my mind we would have had enough time to get out of the house unless he came up on the fire at the time and pounded on the door. We wouldn’t have enough time to get out,” her husband Dan Sullivan said.
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Surveillance footage captured a person walking around the side of a home on Metropolitan Avenue on Sunday.
The person knocked on the door and yelled for the family to get out, and the family of three and their dog were able to escape. No injuries were reported.
The couple said they raised four kids in the home they’ve owned since 1985. Sue’s parent’s home burned down when she was in middle school. That is why she likes to have her bedroom on the first floor.
Dan was a Quincy firefighter for 33 years. He says it takes a lot of guts to run towards the flames.
“Someone with no gear on and the fire was obviously roaring. To run up for people he doesn’t know. That’s a special guy.”
The family woke up to the loud banging on the door and were able to escape in the back. Their dog made it out with them but they’re hoping their cat returns home.
The family has started a GoFundMe as they lost all their clothes and other items in the fire. You can donate here:
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