Shaffer
12-30-02, 09:31 AM
CAMP PENDLETON – A Marine reservist rescued two children and their father from a burning house in Lancaster before dawn yesterday, city officials said.
Cpl. Arlen Traster, 26, was leaving his home at about 3 a.m. to report for duty when he saw a two-story house ablaze on his street. He got two children down from the roof and guided their father from inside the smoky home to the front door. The mother, 46-year-old Luz Zepeda, was trapped in an upstairs bathroom and died.
"There's no question . . . the efforts of this Marine (contributed) to saving a number of family member's lives," Lancaster Assistant City Manager Dennis Davenport said.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20021228-9999_1mi28save.html
Cpl. Arlen Traster, 26, was leaving his home at about 3 a.m. to report for duty when he saw a two-story house ablaze on his street. He got two children down from the roof and guided their father from inside the smoky home to the front door. The mother, 46-year-old Luz Zepeda, was trapped in an upstairs bathroom and died.
"There's no question . . . the efforts of this Marine (contributed) to saving a number of family member's lives," Lancaster Assistant City Manager Dennis Davenport said.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20021228-9999_1mi28save.html