Landscape supervisor turned hero: Man helps over 2 dozen people, pets escape apartment fire

They say not all heroes wear capes, and that is exactly the case with Cornelius Rainey. The people he helped save from a burning apartment complex in Hyde Park on Wednesday night agree.

The Landscape supervisor was visiting his family at Riverbank Apartments on Wednesday, June 4, when he quickly realized something was wrong.

“I looked to the left and see fire, flames shooting out the building,” said Rainey. “That’s when I went and helped everyone out of their apartment.”…

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