Deaf man thankful to be alive after separate fires in same month spark at house, apartment Updated: 7:30 AM CDT Apr 1, 2021 Share Updated: 7:30 AM CDT Apr 1, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript FOR BILLY FORD. THIS MONTH HAS BEEN ONE OF THE TOUGHEST HE’S EVER ENDURED THESE PICTURES SHOWING HIS HOME AFTER ELECTRICAL ISSUES LED TO A MASSIVE BLAZE. JUST WEEKS LATER FIRE SWEPT THROUGH THE APARTMENT. HE MOVED INTO AND NOTICED THIS SMOKE DR. THE CROSS IS WHITE SMOKE JUST DRIFTING ACROSS AND I COULD YOU KNOW SEE IT AND SO I WALKED OVER TO THE WALL AND I PUT MY HAND ON IT AND AS SOON AS I PUT MY HAND I IMMEDIATELY JERKED IT BACK. IT WAS SO HOT. THAT’S WHEN HE NEEDED TO GET OUT SAYING SINCE HE DIDN’T HAVE A DOOR KNOCKER OR SYSTEM IN PLACE TO ALERT HIM UP POTENTIAL DANGER. IT’S THE INSTINCT TO TOUCH THE WALL THAT SAVED HIS LIFE COULDN’T BELIEVE WAS IN SHOCK OVER WHAT WAS GOING ON. IT WAS JUST DEVASTATING FORT SUFFERING SCRAPES AND BURNS BETWEEN THE TWO FIRES BUT SAYS WHAT HURTS THE MOST IS LOSING THE THINGS HE CAN’T GET BACK. I HAD A LOT OF PICTURES. I HAD A LOT OF PICTURES OF FAMILY AND MEMORABILIA AND THINGS LIKE THAT. IT’S ALL GONE. YOU KNOW, THERE’S A FLAG FROM MY MY FATHER HE MILITARY SERVED I HAD THAT AS SOME YOU KNOW HONORING HIM THAT’S BURNED JUST FIND IT ALL HE FEELS BLESSED TO BE ALIVE CHOOSING TO FOCUS. ON TRUE NOT LETTING WHAT HE’S GONE THROUGH KEEP. HIM TO TERRIFIC THING, BUT BUT JUST KNOWING THAT I’M ALIVE, IT’S GOOD. LIFE TO LIVE. I DON’T WANT THAT TO BE CUT SHORT AND I KNOW THAT I’M L