A Michigan man rushed into his burning home last Saturday and rescused two infant daughters based on memory, despite not being able to see what was in front of him.
And now, a GoFundMe for Ray Lucas’ family has reached nearly $220,000 in just five days, after Ray and his twin daughters Malaysia and Milan suffered severe burns and their home has been deemed unliveable.
The 23-year-old father, along with his wife Shi’Ann Brown, left to run an errand and when they came back, their home was on fire as relatives were staying with the kids. According to the GoFundMe, the family lost “everything” in the fire and Lucas is “worried because he cannot go back to work due to the extent of his injuries.”
“The house was engulfed in smoke, I saw my mom and my niece were standing at the door and they were frantic,” Lucas told Fox 2
But despite it all, Lucas told the station that he knew he “had to get my babies out.”
“You really couldn’t see your hand in front of your face,” he said. “I really only found my babies due to my memory, just knowing where they were and knowing how to get to them, just from having that same route.”
Interviewed on camera by the outlet, burns could be see on the man’s face, and he claims he was temporarily blind for three days. Burns were visible on both of his daughters, too, as they spend some time in the ICU following the fire.
“Please help us to Bless this young man, the babies ,and their mother Shi’Ann so that they may secure a new home, and restore and furnish a new home environment for the family to live,” the GoFundMe reads, adding that the family is in need of covering both medical expenses and refurnishing a place to live.
“If anybody can support that’ll be great,” Lucas told Fox 2.
