South Carolina S 460: Dreher High School students heroic fire rescue

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2025-2026 Bill 460 Text of Previous Version (Mar. 18, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 460

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Senate: Jackson

Attorney: Ravenel

Drafting Assistant: Rogers

Date: March 18, 2025

DOC. ID.: /LEGISLATIVE 
COUNCIL/VR/DRAFTS/LC-0219VR-JAH25/LC-0219VR-JAH25.DOCX

A senate RESOLUTION

TO COMMEND MICAH 
ROTH, ELIZA JONES, AND HAMPTON ROGERS OF COLUMBIA FOR THEIR HEROIC ACTS IN 
HELPING EXTINGUISH A KITCHEN FIRE AND RESCUE A FELLOW CITY RESIDENT FROM HER 
BURNING HOME.

Whereas, when Dreher 
High School distance runners set out for their weekly run on Monday, February 
10, 2025, the routine after-school practice turned into a lifesaving mission 
for three of the young athletes; and

Whereas, Micah Roth, 
Eliza Jones, and Hampton Rogers were among a dozen student athletes running 
through Columbia's Shandon neighborhood when they heard a woman screaming for 
help. Turning around, they saw a house on fire with thick smoke pouring out of it; 
and

Whereas, without 
hesitation, the three student athletes ran back to help the homeowner, 
identified as Donna McIntosh Aiken. After entering the home and making their 
way to the kitchen, they discovered the gas stove ablaze. Micah Roth grabbed 
the fire extinguisher and put out the flames, while Eliza Jones helped Ms. 
Aiken, who was in shock, get out of the house. Hampton Rogers made sure no one 
else entered the home and asked a young couple walking by to call 9-1-1; and

Whereas, the student athletes 
also attempted to rescue the woman's five pound Yorkshire terrier, Dash, from 
an adjacent room, but the cloud of acidic smoke was too thick. The trio stayed 
with Ms. Aiken until the fire department arrived and got the fire under control. 
The firefighters, who arrived quickly, were able to bring Dash to safety and 
ensure that the fire was extinguished; and

Whereas, when asked how 
they felt about being called heroes, these brave teenagers responded that they 
did not consider themselves heroes, just kids who were in the right place at 
the right time. "They didn't hesitate. They didn't have second thoughts," Aiken 
said. "I think this is going to impact them for the rest of their lives."; and

Whereas, Micah Roth, 
Eliza Jones, and Hampton Rogers saw a stranger in need and put their own lives 
on the line to rescue a fellow citizen and her pet from a burning home, after 
which they quietly returned to their workout running back to the Blue Devils 
campus. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the Senate:

That the members of the South Carolina Senate, by this resolution, commend Micah Roth, 
Eliza Jones, and Hampton Rogers of Columbia for their heroic acts in helping 
extinguish a kitchen fire and rescue a fellow city resident from her burning 
home.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution 
be presented to Micah Roth, Eliza Jones, and Hampton Rogers.

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