Breast cancer survivor rescues boys from burning apartment in Virginia: 'Flames everywhere'

Breast cancer survivor rescues boys from burning apartment in Virginia: 'Flames everywhere'

COLONIAL HEIGHTS, Va. Despite having just returned home from chemotherapy treatment, a Colonial Heights woman is being recognized for rushing into a burning apartment and rescuing two young boys.Jerkesha Petty had barely fallen asleep after finishing treatment her 232nd day of chemotherapy when a smoke detector jolted her awake."I looked across and I look at the door, and it was smoke coming from out of the top of the door," Petty recalled. "I r…