Couple was fast asleep when their 2-yr-old walked into the bedroom—his 2 words made them run for their lives
Paying attention to a child's words might be helpful in more situations than one. A Texas family could attest to that after their 2-year-old son saved their life. The parents, Kayla and Nathan Dahl, were sick from COVID in January 2022 and had lost their sense of smell and taste. So when the house was on fire, the couple couldn't smell the smoke. That's when their two-year-old entered their room and said something that made them evacuate the house immediately, per WFAA.
Kayla and Nathan were peacefully sleeping in their bed and were quite sick when their son, Brandon, entered their room at 4:30 AM. The parents had not realized what was happening until Brandon went ahead and repeated, "Momma, hot!" to wake his mom up. As the parents understood the situation, they rushed to collect their five children and get out of the house. "We had seconds. It's nothing short of a miracle," Nathan remarked. The house was burned down to the ground after the family came out. The parents were thankful for their kid's warning that ended up saving their lives. "He saved our entire family. I mean, he's our little mini hero," Kayla shared.
Before the incident happened, Nathan had told his kids that they shouldn't stop to get anything in case of a fire and immediately get out of the house. "We had a plan. We've had a plan. This is how everything's going to go." Unfortunately, the smoke alarms at the house didn't go off until the last moment either. "We had brand new, less than a year old, smoke alarms in our house. None of them went off," Nathan revealed. Brandon could inform them about the fire soon because he was sleeping in the living room, right where the fire started. When Brandon woke his mom, she just had to look at her door to understand something was really wrong. "I just saw the flames coming out of our living room and into our bedroom."
Somehow, Brandon could reach his parents safely and all of them could get out unscathed, per Good Morning America. But the family ended up losing all of their possessions. "Everything is gone. We lost my car. Everything inside the house. Brandon saved us. He was wrapped in God's arms to help protect him and to make sure that our entire family was able to get out," Kayla expressed. The American Red Cross explained that a family should practice their fire safety drill twice a year. Kids should be told to stay away from potentially dangerous items like lighters, matches and more. They should also be taught low crawling in case of an emergency.
The fire happened because of a gas heater in their living room. Kayla called her friend, Chellsea Malson, at 6:30 AM on that day to inform her about what had happened, per GoFundMe. "Everyone got out safe, but they lost everything they owned. This is so tragic and traumatizing for this family and I would like for us to come together to help them out," Malson wrote on the fundraiser page that she started for the family. The family immediately needed clothes at that time and Malson hoped that they could get basic necessities with the funds. The goal was set at $5,000 and they were able to raise $30,100.