Three siblings and their mother are fighting for their lives after a fire in Inwood that already took the lives of three of their neighbors.
Alexis Rodriguez’s wife and three children are in critical condition in the hospital.
“I might have lost everything”
“This is all I have,” Rodriguez said. “If I lost them I wouldn’t want to exist.”
Rodriguez was at work when the fire started at around 12:30 a.m. Monday. His 5-year-old daughter was unconscious when she was pulled from the burning building. His wife, 9-year-old son and 18-year-old daughter all had to be intubated due to smoke inhalation.
“In this country, you work hard for what you don’t have, and I might have lost everything. I might have lost my family, but I don’t know until they are out of the hospital,” Rodriguez said…