Deputies Rescue 100-Year-Old Woman from Eaton Fire Threatening Senior Living Facility in Altadena

In ALTADENA, California, a terrifying video was released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. The video shows two deputies saving a 100-year-old woman from the approaching Eaton Fire near her senior living facility in Altadena, California.

The deputies, Nicholas Martinez and Quinn Alkonis, can be seen in the body camera footage using flashlights as they navigate through the darkened halls of the evacuated facility. They are heard shouting and checking each door to ensure no one is left behind.

As they witnessed the inferno getting closer through the facility’s windows, their search intensified.

Suddenly, the deputies heard a distant voice.

As they walked through the halls, the deputies called out, “Hello? Where are you at?” Their voices echoed as they turned a corner and spotted the 100-year-old woman slowly approaching them with her walker.

“I’ve been trying to find a way out,” the woman told the deputies.

“Let’s get you out of here,” the deputy responded.

“Where do I go? Don’t lose me,” she said.

“I promise I won’t,” said the deputy. “No, we won’t lose you. Don’t worry.”

The woman explained that she hadn’t heard the deputies shouting because she is deaf and couldn’t charge her hearing aids.

The deputies were able to get her to safety.

Deputies Martinez and Alkonis are assigned to the Carson station but were part of a vast deployment of first responders who rushed into the danger zone in Altadena, an area they were not familiar with.

“Their courage and selflessness exemplify the highest standards of law enforcement, and they deserve our deepest respect and gratitude,” said Sheriff Robert Luna.