Mother's Day hero: Christina Simoes jumps from building on fire to save son

2014-05-14 4

Check out our official website: http://us.tomonews.net/
Check out our Android app: http://goo.gl/PtT6VD
Check out our iOS app: http://bit.ly/1gO3z1f

----------------------------------------­----------------------------------------­----------------

Christina Simoes spent Mother's Day in a hospital bed after she was paralyzed saving her baby boy from a fire on May 7 in Haverhill, Massachusetts.

Simoes was lying in bed with her 18-month-old son when a fire broke out in their apartment. She jumped up when she saw smoke outside her bedroom window and grabbed her son to run to safety.

"That's when I saw the flames were only 10 feet away from where I was standing," Simoes said.

The only way out was the second-story balcony.

"I grabbed my son and I held him as tight as I could to my chest and I gave him a kiss and a hug, and I told him I loved him and I jumped out the window," Simoes told CBS Boston from her hospital bed.

Simoes broke a vertebrae in her back and required surgery, but her son suffered only a small bruise on his head. Doctors do not know whether she'll be able to walk again, but all she seems to be concerned with is the wellbeing of her son.

"I don't think that I'm any special hero at all. I'm just Cameron's mom."

----------------------------------------­----------------------------------------­----------------

Welcome to TomoNews, where we animate the most entertaining news on the internets. Come here for an animated look at viral headlines, US news, celebrity gossip, salacious scandals, dumb criminals and much more! Subscribe now for daily news animations that will knock your socks off.

Check out our Android app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nextmedia.gan
Check out our iOS app: https://itunes.apple.com/app/tomonews/id633875353

For news that's fun and never boring, visit our channel:
https://www.youtube.com/user/TomoNewsUS

Subscribe to stay updated on all the top stories:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt-WqkTyKK1_70U4bb4k4lQ?sub_confirmation=1

Stay connected with us here:
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/TomoNewsUS
Twitter @tomonewsus http://www.twitter.com/TomoNewsUS
Google+ http://plus.google.com/+TomoNewsUS/
Instagram @tomonewsus http://instagram.com/tomonewsus