Neighbor saves woman from Pennystone Ave. fire  Benito Ybarbo
braved flames, smoke to rescue elderly neighbor from burning
home  Author: Tim Gerber , Reporter, Published On: Jul 24 2012
09:15:21 PM CDT   Updated On: Jul 25 2012 03:26:22 AM CDT
Benito Ybarbo didn't have time to think when his neighbor's
house burst into flames Tuesday afternoon. There was only time
to act.  "By the time we knew what was going on, the whole wall
was already engulfed in flames," Ybarbo said. "I tried to go in
through the living room. I broke the windows and I tried to kick
the door but I couldn't kick the door in."  Unable to gain
access through the front, Ybarbo went to the back of the home
where he broke out two windows. When that didn't work, he kicked
in the back door and made his way inside. Once inside, he
couldn't see a thing.  "Up top, you couldn't see nothing but
smoke, down low you could see," Ybarbo said. "That's how I saw
her."  Crawling on the ground, Ybarbo found a 76-year-old woman
inside laying on the floor.  "S