Some More Details About Awesome Bride

2009_05_glem.jpg We were dazzled by the story of Georgette Clemons, the Connecticut bride who jumped out of the car taking her to her reception in order to warn a family that their Bridgeport home was on fire. Now it turns out she's downplaying her act of kindness: The initial Connecticut Post story mentioned that she ran into the burning home to get the occupants out but now the Conn. Post says, "Clemons said Monday that instead of pulling the woman who was inside the house to safety, she and her friend coaxed the woman to come out" from the porch (she also says the friend went into the foyer; her husband was in another car). At any rate, 16-year-old Lowell Eitelberg, who was playing video games in the house during the time of the fire, told the NY Post: "Whenever you think of something like this happening, you don't imagine the person who's going to save you in a situation like this to be dressed in the nicest clothes they'll ever wear in their life. If someone was caring enough to ruin the best day of their life to save me, it's the most incredible thing." And his mother told Clemons, "Mazel tov!" adding, "I told her to go back to her festivities, but she stayed and helped."

Email This Entry


Comments (6) [rss]

The world needs more people like Georgette Clemons!

Impressive! I wonder if she's single...
What? Oh. Nevermind.

Is it too late for the Eitelberg family to send one heck of a wedding present?

Funny thing is that she was going to go to Fire Island for her honeymoon.

Post a comment (Comment Policy)

Tips

Get your daily dose of New York first thing in the morning from our weekday newsletter, now in beta.

About Gothamist

Gothamist is a website about New York. More

Editor: Jen Chung
Publisher: Jake Dobkin

Newsmap

newsmap.jpg

Contribute

Latest Tip:

NY Senate voting on marriage equality right now
[more]

Latest Photo:

Subscribe

Use an RSS reader to stay up to date with the latest news and posts from Gothamist.

All Our RSS

Follow us