Post by Torch 7.62 on Jan 16, 2005 14:10:54 GMT -5
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This was too funny!
Tryst turns torrid
Woman hurt in fire
BY DAVID EPSTEIN
and MAKI BECKER
DAILY NEWS WRITERS
Some early morning hanky-panky nearly proved deadly for a 32-year-old Manhattan woman when a candle ignited a comforter while she and a neighbor were in bed, witnesses said.
The victim was having sex with her neighbor, who identified himself only as Leo, at her first-floor apartment on Broadway on the upper West Side yesterday.
"The bed was moving back and forth and then - swoosh - the comforter's burning," said Leo, who ran from the fire, apparently leaving her behind.
He said he then dialed 911 from another neighbor's place.
"This is so embarrassing," said Leo. "We had never done that before and now she's in the hospital and my cat's dead."
The victim, whose name is being withheld by the Daily News, was found unconscious in her bathroom. Leo said he'd brought his cat over to help with the victim's mouse problem.
She was in critical condition yesterday with severe burns to her face and chest at New York Weill Cornell Medical Center, a hospital official said.
Other neighbors at the apartment building escaped the blaze after someone yelled "Get out! Get out!" said Madhuri Kumar, a human rights worker who lives above the victim's apartment.
"The hallway was filled with smoke," Kumar said. "The fire lift had to come and get us out the window."
Andrew Regnier, 38, a friend of the woman's who lives nearby, ran to the scene after hearing the fire trucks racing by. He cradled her pet Chihuahua, Olive, who survived the fire.
"I'm still in shock," said Regnier before heading to the burn center to check on his friend.
Four firefighters suffered minor injuries and were treated at Roosevelt Hospital. Investigators ruled the blaze accidental late yesterday.
Originally published on January 14, 2005
This was too funny!
Tryst turns torrid
Woman hurt in fire
BY DAVID EPSTEIN
and MAKI BECKER
DAILY NEWS WRITERS
Some early morning hanky-panky nearly proved deadly for a 32-year-old Manhattan woman when a candle ignited a comforter while she and a neighbor were in bed, witnesses said.
The victim was having sex with her neighbor, who identified himself only as Leo, at her first-floor apartment on Broadway on the upper West Side yesterday.
"The bed was moving back and forth and then - swoosh - the comforter's burning," said Leo, who ran from the fire, apparently leaving her behind.
He said he then dialed 911 from another neighbor's place.
"This is so embarrassing," said Leo. "We had never done that before and now she's in the hospital and my cat's dead."
The victim, whose name is being withheld by the Daily News, was found unconscious in her bathroom. Leo said he'd brought his cat over to help with the victim's mouse problem.
She was in critical condition yesterday with severe burns to her face and chest at New York Weill Cornell Medical Center, a hospital official said.
Other neighbors at the apartment building escaped the blaze after someone yelled "Get out! Get out!" said Madhuri Kumar, a human rights worker who lives above the victim's apartment.
"The hallway was filled with smoke," Kumar said. "The fire lift had to come and get us out the window."
Andrew Regnier, 38, a friend of the woman's who lives nearby, ran to the scene after hearing the fire trucks racing by. He cradled her pet Chihuahua, Olive, who survived the fire.
"I'm still in shock," said Regnier before heading to the burn center to check on his friend.
Four firefighters suffered minor injuries and were treated at Roosevelt Hospital. Investigators ruled the blaze accidental late yesterday.
Originally published on January 14, 2005