Man Runs Into Burning Building To Save Cake

The people of Jacksonville, Florida, take their cake seriously. They like their cake so much, in fact, that recently a father ran into his burning house to save his child's birthday cake. From the article: "The fire destroyed the home on Bowden Circle South. Those who live at the home said they were celebrating their child's fourth birthday when the flames started. We're told the child's father ran into the home and grabbed the cake so they could keep celebrating."

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Re:Say what?

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Other unexplained contributing factors may be things like (1) how special the cake was, and (2) just how involved the fire was

1. I have vivid memory of many of my birthday cakes, as my mother always got the local bakery to make a special themed cake for me every year. One was King Kong, complete with big brown frosting gorrilla on top of what loooked like the white house, swinging at planes. (and the whole party, the cups, placemats, plates, etc were all on the theme) Saying things like this don't matter later is like saying there's no reason to take pictures at a birthday party. The kid's party was already ruined, and maybe all the gifts went up too, at least Dad saved the cake and the kid's entire day wasn't a bust. Bravo.

2. if they just ran out of the house when they heard the smoke detector go off, maybe there was all the time in the world to saunter into the kitchen and walk out with the cake. I think most readers here are interpreting this as a Schwarzenegger-esque dash through a highly involved fire with sections of wall and ceiling falling in from all sides and Dad crashing out through the front door just before the building exploded in a huge fireball. It was probably a lot less dramatic, involving dad walking through a room with some haze in the room, carefully picking up the cake, and walking out with it.

In many cases of fire, first priority of "get everyone out safe" can easily be followed by more calm, rational decisions. Think of all the fire drills you had in school.