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Mr. Ryan "Chili" Childers
Graduated 2000

Home:
1518 Wexford Dr
Deer Park, TX 77536

Work:
Pasadena PD
Pasadena, TX 77506

Home Phone: 281-851-7616
Work Phone: --
Fax: --
Email: ragecajun@hotmail.com

Had a great time in College and met many great people. I graduated in 2000 and entered the Pasadena Police Academy three months later. I’m currently married and have three children, (2 boys and 1 girl).

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Additional story on Baby/mother rescue:
Feb., 2016

Former Football: Ryan Childers – See Video of Rescue of Baby Thrown From Burning Building Window

More Ragin’ Cajuns Heroes Are Saving Lives!

Please watch news story of former USL/ULL student athlete. (Ryan Childers 1996-2000)
Posted Feb. 16, 2016

http://www.click2houston.com/video/officer-rescues-baby-thrown-from-burning-building-window

By Y.C. Orozco | Pasadena Citizen

The outcome of an early Friday morning apartment fire at a Pasadena apartment complex resulted in the tragic death of one resident, David Brown, and his dog.

Because of the efforts of Pasadena police officers, that outcome also resulted in the rescue of a mother and her baby boy.

“We had a pretty substantial fire when these officers arrived on the scene,” said Pasadena Fire Marshal David Brannon. “It goes without saying that without the actions they took to save the lives of the baby and other citizens in that structure, we would have had quite a different outcome.”

Officers John Lisano and Ryan Childers were on duty and nearby when they responded to the fire at the Maple Trail Apartments on Burke near Pasadena Blvd.

Upon arrival, one man who had jumped out an upstairs window was lying on the pavement bleeding, flames were shooting from the upstairs windows and the stairwell to the apartment was fully engulfed.

Officers Lisano and Childers were told that a woman and her baby were still trapped in her apartment.

“The man had suffered a severe laceration to his bicep and was bleeding profusely,” Lisano said. “We were working on getting him aid at the time, but our primary concern was that we still had two people trapped inside that we knew of.”

The woman had several lacerations while breaking the glass on the window trying to get out, and both she and her baby were covered in blood.

“The woman was having a hard time seeing and we told her that this was the only option we had,” Lisano said. “I told her to stick herself as far out of the window as she could with the baby and just let go and I’ll catch it,” Lisano said. “It was just surreal. In this job you can show up at certain times and you have a plan all put together and that plan never works out that way, so it was just improvising. I just knew we had to get the baby down and we had to get her down.”

The woman dropped the baby and Lisano positioned his arms and hands to catch him safely.

“It all happened so fast,” he said. “I caught him, did a quick feel over to make sure there were no bodily injuries. He was breathing and functioning just fine.”

While the baby was safe, the mother was still trapped inside. It was then that officer Childers and an apartment resident formed a safety net for her to fall to safety.

“Myself and a bystander caught her,” Childers said.

Once the woman had been brought safety, the officers cut a portion of her shirt to make a tourniquet for her lacerated arm.

“She had broken out the window and at that point, she was in shock and you could tell she was frightened and scared and concerned for her baby,” Lisano said. “But I think her motherly instincts just kicked in at that point and I don’t think realized that she was cut and bad as she was initially.”

Their actions, said Brannon, made all the difference.

“I have to commend these guys for their heroic efforts. I’ve talked to both these guys and they’re very humble about it. It’s their job, it’s what they do every day and that’s kind of the way they look at it,” he said. “But at the end of the day, if it had not been for these guys, being in the right place and the right time and a quick response, the outcome would have been different.”

Lisano has been with the department for two years, Childers for 16.

Officer Lisano said their actions were a combination of training and instinct.

“It’s a little of both,” said Lisano. “In this job, we’re taught to act, we can’t sit around sometimes and wait – sometimes you can and sometimes you can’t. In this instance, we couldn’t.”

Lisano admitted that he was concerned that something could have gone wrong.

“But once the baby was coming down there was no option, it was catch the baby,” he said. “Whether I had to throw my body down to catch it or however I had to do it, it was ‘catch the baby’.”

Lisano and Childers gave full credit to their fellow responders, including fire fighters, EMS, residents who assisted and another police officer who was part of the rescue but did not attend the press conference.

“We had an officer not in this room right now that played just as vital role as we did,” Lisano said. “We all acted as a unit very well. I was very proud of our guys and we were all working efficiently together, we were feeding off of each other. We had a lot of support from fire, EMS and neighbors – it was group effort that saved those people. Unfortunately there was one we couldn’t save.”

Asked how they feel after the fact, officer Lisano maintained it was part of their duty as public servants.

“That’s our job,” he said.

Please click here for another story on baby/mother rescue by John Lisano and Ryan Childers.

Posted by Ed Dugas, Athletic Network athleticnetwork@louisiana.edu