Homeless man whose father died in a 1964 fire perishes in 2008 fire while saving other homeless

[Horse with no Name]

men.
How incredibly brave and how incredibly sad. RIP Derrial Dixon.
http://theparisnews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=13f1d9e8f17555f9
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Derrial Wayne Dixon, 48, lost his life in an effort to help his fellow men that day, and in doing so, met the same sad fate his father met 45 years ago.

Accounts from the January morning are scattered, but the men who escaped the fire remember the heavy smoke, the sounds of panic — and their last glimpse of the man who left behind his own chance at safety in the hopes of helping another from the building.

Edward Morgan remembers waking to screaming and hollering in the early morning hours. He stumbled to the exit through black smoke — smoke too thick to see through. He said people were running through the smoke, shouting, trying to roust each other from sleep.

“We didn’t care about the building,” Morgan said. “Men were in there; men’s lives were at stake.”

[AndyA]

1. Sad.

It does sound like he knew he wasn't going to be around for long.

He was a brave man, risking his own life to help someone else.

RIP, Derrial. There's no doubt you were loved, and will be remembered by all who knew you.