68-year-old woman saves husband from burning home

(WBBH) A 68-year-old Naples, Florida woman is being hailed as a hero after saving her own husband from their burning home on Sunday.

Gerry Simmons and husband woke up from a nap to find their house on fire. Simmons stopped at nothing to get her disabled husband to safety, even carrying him most of the way.

The couple was taking a nap on Sunday afternoon when they heard their two dogs barking. When they woke up, their home was on fire.

“I turned over and I saw flames five feet high,” said Gerry Simmons.

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