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Many people have been moved by a recent act of bravery. Shenika Chornoby, according to the CBC, risked her life to save three children from an apartment complex fire in a northern Manitoba First Nation over a week ago.
Chornoby was on her way to work in her community of Tataskweyak Cree Nation on February 11, 2022, when she noticed something was wrong. She saw a girl and a teenager screaming for help from a building, and then she noticed smoke coming from the apartment complex.
She dashed inside and rescued two children, ensuring their safe exit from the burning building.
Fortunately, a Tataskweyak firefighter arrived just in time, accompanied by a large number of volunteers from a nearby apartment complex eager to help with the rescue efforts. According to reports, eight of them,
including Chornoby, entered the apartment building as the flames spread. Chornoby recalled finding a two-year-old child crying in a closet in one of the suites. Before everyone left the complex, a firefighter helped the child out of a window.
«Who knows how long I was in there,» Chornoby remarked. «Then I came out and fainted.» Chornoby, who has asthma, passed out from smoke inhalation and required CPR from a bystander, which caused her shoulder to dislocate and her ribcage to collapse.
She and the two-year-old were flown to Winnipeg’s HSC Children’s Hospital shortly after, where she awoke three days later. «It’s all a blur,» she admitted.
Chornoby, the first person to enter the burning building, was recently released from the hospital and will be returning home soon. She is looking forward to seeing her old classmates and teachers again. Her bravery has made her a well-known figure in the community.
«To be honest, I just feel normal. «It’s kind of overwhelming how many people know who I am now,» she admitted. Many were concerned for her safety, but Chornoby survived, demonstrating her bravery and selflessness.
«I had no adrenaline. I wasn’t scared or irritated. «I just felt like myself at the time,» Chornoby said. Tataskweyak Chief Taralee Beardy, on the other hand,
had previously stated that the apartment fire could have been avoided if the community had a working fire truck. He stated that the current truck had been out of service for over a month due to mechanical issues.
Chornoby agreed with Beardy, noting that many northern communities lack adequate fire protection resources. According to an email statement sent to CBC by Indigenous Services Canada spokesperson Nicolas Moquin,
the federal government pays Tataskweyak Cree Nation $216,000 per year for fire protection and other services.
