I acted on instinct says fire heroine Linda.

From: The Star (Sheffield) (Sheffield, England) | Date: December 22, 2007 | Copyright information

A HERO Sheffield woman who dragged her elderly neighbour to safety from her blazing home revealed instinct took over and admitted: "I didn't think about myself."

Linda Wright, aged 57, has been hailed a hero after risking her life to help her neighbour of 26 years out of her smoke-filled semi on Greystones Drive, Greystones.

Mrs Wright, a nursing home sister, fought her way through choking smoke to reach her neighbour, who she found in the lounge where the fir...

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