Grandfather nearly saved one sister; they died inches from each other
(NEWSER) - Embers from a holiday Yule log may have triggered the horrific fire that killed the three young daughters and parents of a Connecticut advertising executive on Christmas Day. Madonna Badger, 47, was up until 3am with her boyfriend, wrapping gifts and making Christmas morning preparations; the two put embers from a Yule log burned that evening into a bucket, placed it inside the entryway of the home, and went to bed, sources tell the New York Daily News . In another heartbreaking detail, Badger's 71-year-old father, Lomer Johnson, apparently made it out, then went back to try to rescue the girls, and very nearly pulled one of his granddaughters from a window of the house. But he collapsed and died from carbon monoxide poisoning just inches from the girl, who also perished. “He died on the outside, and she died on the inside," Stamford's fire chief said. "She was right next to him." More»
