1669-39 Social, Society,& Local News 1946-1993 •
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't'" '. `• .. ►�f � JACK KNAIIR AND LttISA YANEt j
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i 1 , . 'y '• r#, .,s "pry"•• .'3• �r Two small children are alive this morning t
abet being tossed oat Mows
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+ a a'.' e t is�l•i' le . Several other elderly women and tenants
•ti �••f,'•r '• ♦•` r sr h ♦ �� p on the third floor were also rescued through
+f: • -•w •••• } , d„ '. . l' • it -a the daringefforts of firemen.
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..}.,.•t•:.. `.�� at least two died as a result of the
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•.1" r'-' Hotel andtheMareeat the Grand Hotel on Ocean
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f.* •_ (t. << ,y,t_ ..• ? they faced see re.pandemonium when
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,1 r Women screamed for help and dangled
• yt• . �'•'�� ..D,e, , - their babies out of windows. Policemen
• r�` .. ! - .. . caught them a they fell.Fireman carried out
• t t ,r+fiet•s�aM•1-- - t old women.Policemen crawled through the
'•'' ! \ . black smoke to help. Grown men fled the
• C'e 4- of • ^,/ _._ t r�. . yg, ,• 1a flames by going mountain•climber style
t• _ t R w ;vf. • �tf• 'Croatian alley to a closely adjoining hotel.
��•rfe�f Y Tiny Dayamlrls Duane,one of the Miami
•�,-~~� • J'A' r• 1 ' it 't Beech Hotel's favorite residents, was the
• 7 • i 1, ' . . a i ' main concern of her parenu•The year-old
• D ' •t t - „., '+.a '••a �••'..• �,al toddler with black curly hair was thrown
I 1�i l • • .� , - - ( • 't • front a thled•tloor apartment witdow Into
✓, '� ', A ,� +�}t the street by her hysterical father and moth.
1 ' F��y>~G •- - `• s+ 4- ..•t er Carlos and Beatriz Duane,who were trap
ore .. n-' • I 1 .. ,,S•i:'• �• �T'nletheir
odd l.r and herant.rents had Dean
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.4. ..M• •••--r•.at.j ,►V s sleeping comfortably In the apar,mMt when
t•M . r' - Beatriz. le. smelled smoke. She shook her
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'•*( •+4`• i••�'.' ",•r mwoke pou�eAla nHie opened Me door and
w e room.
••r i _ - "We were trapped."Calot 24,paid.With
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,'�„ t>, 11 / I - strength he couldn't believe he had, he
• •• f• • I f -zed.V kicked and punched out a Jalousie window.
•• >*e• ', • •' Q I e ; ;tt, They dangled a sheet out the window.
' k}a-. ., n}. e • d • Then Miami Beach policeman Nelson Tate,
•'..`. '• t a rookie.zoomed tn.
ny' e_!'--. w ( • ted' "People were Jumping out of tide win-
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„y. • _ „ •e� r.' flows; he said. 'It was hoc.Someone pate
+s/ /1t ,a extending the baby girl out of one of the
r • ` A ..e !! '�4 'e. Windows—they were going to let Mr go.
- •~ 6 ,i ••• t-.,,e Lk ,•. mw below the window.”started nkklog.Then they saw
ca• ('• ` ,• ./ I i Whea Dayamlris was dropped by her par•
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�a= wits.Tate caught her.Then!twirls and Car-
al......,,,....,,,w,••� I a ,., - I . los followed her out and policemen broke
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,r,. S • ,• ,� iC "She was not scared or anything.'said
.g • • •` . . '• 'v Martz of her child's flight through mId•alr.
• _ e • "She didn't even cry"
-aa • _ When Tate came to visit with the mouser
• a•; F' ,� • y• t -` _ and the little girl on the porch of the Basch
• hitt �., • Park Hotel,near the burned•out hotel.later
,t #yi •i. • •_.• In the morning.Beetrt:'s eyes tet try—••on,^
r-di . • • - she sinned. "he's the one who saved my
• • •vw Y•. ., , •• + ,t'_.- There were mans other heroic efforts
L4.4 t 4 .. amid the panic."A woman veva at one of the
•• t '• windows and with the back of her 4yer•oid
1 4.4- . a' ., " •N • t"1 - ,� �a 4•o son she broke the window." said officer
r -fief J Ernie Febbralo.
. �"�' w — •• ,• -I "She reached down and dropped the child.
'`'• / then she crawled out on the ledge and
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-.. ♦ a • ,0, \• . • l lumped."Policemen broke haus fait Thee an-
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••• . , • l other woman appeared In the window aid
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• ` • a IfJ ,.\ • got nut on the window and trot e. SM
AA , s•l wouldn't jump A DymMer climbed u9 and
••. Aa ,1 pulled her ankle.She fell Into their arms.
k f. IN ✓ �.• . w. Rafael Montoya escaped from ted hotel by
- ,� `. dB e ♦ (limning from his window over an alloy to a
• ✓ _\ 1 •. window In the hotel next door.
•' . - -a•e•n• ,,,_.. ..I can't really tell you how I did It,'maid
\ la .IL. '4, the 4n•vear.old L Colombian."I can't believe I
� _* � ,I ` -,. ✓ t and that I don't even remember doing It."
. •y ;♦-• �:. 7-ticker John Arthur. 59, had fMrst res
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, hammering on doors to alert ratdents.Theft
kib'411r. •,,, rumen_Robin Y:etinghotf among there—
��.�-� went up into the smoking,blazing third floor
1 ,�7 j w A. of the!Minot teach Hotel.Policeman tarllnmm
'4.• •,t'._{• t ,, Tilt' Quillen, who didn't hare an oxygen pack.
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crawleder •knees t1 f1the stairwell.
old
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women to the stairwell,Gulllen crawled In
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Foremen'. ..eh Int bolter.in M1nmt Bosch note!.where fire in two tn.?lin 4.'.d at Most two rhe'n out. 'Ile was on their knees crawling
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