CLEVELAND, Ohio (WJW) – Just over a week after helping save a mother and her children from a burning home in his neighborhood, 16-year-old Tyler Sowden was recognized at Sunday’s Cavs game at Rocket Arena.
Back on March 28, Sowden told Fox 8 he was just getting home from work when he heard screaming coming from one of his neighbors’ homes. He saw a mother and her children stuck on a roof at a house on Sacramento Avenue.
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He immediately ran and grabbed a ladder. Going up and down it, helping them get to safety one by one.
During the first timeout of the first quarter, Sowden was brought to center court and received a standing ovation from the entire arena, including Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell…