‘Don’t lose me’: Deputies describe finding 100-year-old left in Altadena senior home
LA TimesDeputies Quinn Alkonis, left, and Nicholas Martinez gather outside an L.A. County sheriff’s station in Carson on Wednesday to describe their experience in saving seniors at the MonteCedro Retirement Community during the Eaton fire. “Each window that we looked out, we were like, ‘The fire is coming,’” Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Quinn Alkonis said. VIDEO | 01:30 Deputies rescue 100-year-old woman from Altadena senior facility as fire threatens nearby Share Share via Close extra sharing options Email Facebook X LinkedIn Threads Reddit WhatsApp Copy Link URL Copied! “However, two independent living residents were not encountered and did not make it to the buses.” Deputies Nicholas Martinez, left, and Quinn Alkonis talk about their experience rescuing seniors from the MonteCedro Retirement Community during the Eaton fire.
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