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5th Edition

Princess
Esan

3rd
Prize

The story of 10years old princess Esan is that of a young girl who, succeeded in saving her brother’s (Francis: 8 yrs.) life and hers from a serious fire incident that engulfed their house. 26th of May, 2012 will remain unforgettable to the entire Esan family,at about 9.30pm when the entire family had gone to bed, the father was woken up by a thick guts of smoke that had already engulfed the entire house, before he could realize what was going on himself and wife had already ran outside for safety Apparently the fire had started from the children’s room with princess and Francis trapped inside. The parents began to scream their names and urging them to jump out. then Francis replied “I cannot come out, I am dying, fire is burning me meanwhile, Princess was not talking. At a point, the entire 4 flats upstairs had been ravaged with the furnace while there was no sound coming from the children anymore. Just when all hope had been lost, there came a cracking and crashing sound shattering the window panes emanating from the Esan’s flat, then it was realized that it was Princess who used her elbow to break the louvers and threw her brother down the building who landed in the hands of a neighbor before she followed suit. She suffered a 3rd degree burn from the incident.