With only seconds to spare, an Oregon State University fraternity president rescued 12 students and their dog right before their living room blew up in a gas explosion Saturday around 2 p.m.
No one was hurt in the blast that ripped through the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, but students and firefighters credit Phi Kappa Psi President Christopher Gerritz for a timely rescue. Eight fraternity brothers were watching the OSU football game in a room directly above the boiler when Gerritz popped into the house for a couple of minutes. While his fraternity brothers watched the game, he heard a sound and smelled natural gas. He went down to the boiler room to investigate. “The steam was just billowing out of the door,” he said. Gerritz said he knew he might have just seconds to act. He immediately cleared out the eight students watching TV and another four who were in their rooms. He also made sure the house dog, a Labrador-fox terrier mix named Yaeger, was rescued. He then led his fraternity brothers and the dog across the street.-----------
Calamity has been hitting our bros at Phi Psi at OSU. Our hearts go out to them.