Friday 14 October 2022 05:34 PM Heroic RI honeymooners in Spain rescue up to 20 babies from burning building: ... trends now
A newlywed couple on their honeymoon are being hailed as heroes for saving 20 babies from a burning nursery in Spain.
David Squillante and Doran Smith, both 38, of Bristol, Rhode Island, were on their way to a park tour in Barcelona on September 28 to celebrate their belated honeymoon when Smith noticed women screaming from a flaming nursery entryway, causing the pair to jump into action.
Squillante, 38, immediately 'dropped his backpack and ran across the street' into the building from a different entrance.
'I just ran in and saw a bunch of babies sleeping and screaming,' Squillante, who comes from a family of firefighters, told NBC News.
The groom, who speaks very little Spanish, said 'instinct took over' as he ran into the burning building and straight into the smoky playroom.
David Squillante and Doran Smith, both 38, of Bristol, were on their way to a park tour in Barcelona when Smith noticed a nearby nursery was on fire and women screaming from a flaming entryway, causing them to jump into action on September 28
Squillante immediately 'dropped his backpack and ran across the street' into a different entrance and immediately started handing kids to his wife and putting more in cribs to wheel them out (pictured)
Nursery staff helped them pull the children from the nursery. When asked why the staff hadn't evacuated the building yet, Smith told DailyMail.com: 'There weren’t flames in the nursery, so I think the staff was just trying to figure out where the smoke was coming from and trying to decide what to do'
They managed to get the children to safety at a local high school across the street and the couple believes no one was hurt
Smith, who married Squillante in 2020, told DailyMail.com that she didn't know how the fire started or how long it was going on before the couple arrived, but they believe it was an 'electric fire in the walls.'
'It did seem
