Elizabeth Gill’s daughter, Rachel Thorn, died in February 2016 after being pulled from a burning apartment building in Atlanta
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- Elizabeth Gill’s daughter, Rachel Thorn, died from her injuries after being pulled from a fire that broke out in her apartment complex in 2016
- The Atlanta mother said she is “forever” indebted to the firefighters who brought her daughter out of the building alive, as they gave her a chance to say goodbye to Thorn
- Now, Gill volunteers her time helping local fire stations in honor of her daughter’s memory
An Atlanta mother says she is “forever indebted” to local firefighters for giving her the precious opportunity to say goodbye to her daughter after she was involved in a tragic fire. That gratitude has inspired her to dedicate the last 10 years to volunteering.
On Feb. 21, 2016, Elizabeth Gill’s 37-year-old daughter, Rachel Thorn, became trapped in a fire that broke out at the Pharr Manor Apartments in Buckhead, per CBS News. Atlanta Fire Station 4 Capt. Chip Newell was on the scene at the time, helping to put out the blaze.
“They were telling us to get out of the building because the roof was going to come in on us,” he recalled to CBS News. “But yes, I remember seeing [Thorn] in the bedroom.”…