As family recovers from severe burns in Springfield, Ont. fire, online fundraiser booms
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Cornelius Woelke and his two boys, who were badly burned in a fire in Springfield, Ont., are continuing their recovery in hospital.
Cornelius Woelke and his two boys, who were badly burned in a fire in Springfield, Ont., are continuing their recovery in hospital.
“Cornelius is responding when someone is talking to him or when they ask him to squeeze their hand,” said Jacob Friesen, the organizer of an online fundraiser. “He is still in and out of surgeries to get all the damaged skin off. As for the boys (Cornelius Jr. and Jacob), they are also in and out of surgeries to get all the damaged skin off. They are all in stable condition which is really good news.”
The three narrowly escaped after their home caught fire a week ago.
The injured father is being hailed a hero after running back into his burning home and emerging with his two young kids in his arms.
Cornelius was still on fire when he came down the back stairs of his home and needed to roll around to put out the flames.
Maria Woelke, the children’s mother, was unharmed physically after she jumped from a second-floor window into the arms of neighbours.
This past week she had been commuting to Hamilton General Hospital where her husband was staying, as well as Sick Kids in Toronto where the children are being treated.
