Snoring wakes family and saves their lives before home is overtaken by fire
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Fresh news about how snoring wakes the family because of a "
CPAP Machine" failure and saves their live due to sudden fire burst in one section of their homes. According the Charlene Sakoda The Hester family from Chapel Hill, Texas is crediting their patriarch’s
snoring for their fortunate escape from a house fire. The family was in
bed for an hour that night when Dixie Hester awoke. Her husband, Bobby
Hester told
KLTV 7,
"I use a
CPAP machine because I have
sleep apnea and I guess I started
snoring, and I woke my wife up and she said 'turn on your machine.'"
Bobby realized that his
CPAP, or
continuous positive airway pressure,
machine shut off because the power was out in part of the house.
Bobby Hester (KLTV)
While her husband checked on the circuit breakers, Dixie noticed a light
coming from their yard. "She opened the mini-blinds and it was very
clear something wasn't right, so we both come out the front door and it
was, the house was on fire at the top of the house." The couple escaped
the home they built in 2002 with Hannah, their 14-year-old daughter,
their pet dog and cat, and a few select family heirlooms.
Dixie Hester (KLTV)
With a look away from the camera, Bobby was bravely able to say, "It
saddens my heart, but after, after a while you realize it's just stuff,
and the most important thing is we're still intact." Many in the
community have offered help and donations to the Hesters, and several
funds have been set up to assist them. It’s generosity that the family
especially appreciates in their time of need.
No conclusion as to the cause of the fire has yet been reached however,
the family is certain they were saved by the
CPAP machine failure. Bobby
reflected, "If it hadn't been for that, I don't know what the outcome
would have been because I'm a pretty sound sleeper and my wife is, too.
But we all made it out safely and that, you know if that's the Lord's
way of doing it, that's fine enough for me, you know."
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