Cody Downs, a Jasper County Sheriff’s Deputy in Texas who ran into a burning house to save a 3-year-old girl who was trapped inside, is thanking God for helping him and the toddler escape the fire alive.
“God put me where I was supposed to be,” Downs told News 4 San Antonio.
The 26-year-old deputy was situated not far from a house on FM 3414, 1 mile north of Highway 63 West, when he received a call about the house fire where the 3-year-old girl was trapped inside at about 11 p.m., Saturday night, according to 12 News.
Two other children who were inside the home escaped but were unable to reach the 3-year-old, Sheriff Mitchel Newman and Child Protective Services told News 4. A 5-year-old who was staying with his grandmother next door to the house that caught fire first told her about the fire. The grandmother then alerted authorities.
“By the grace of God I happened to be in the area when the call dropped,” Downs explained to News 12. “It was one of the scariest things I’ve been on because I didn’t know if the child was breathing or not.”
Downs said when he arrived on the scene of the fire the only thing he could think about was making sure he didn’t stop trying to save the girl.
“You can’t give up,” he said he told himself. “You have to keep fighting until you get this baby out. She is your No. 1 priority. Get her out and then we will deal with whatever you got going on later.”
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