Baby rescued from fire finds loving home seven years later after suffering severe burns in apartment fire

When a fire raged in the apartment where Deyvion slept in his crib as a baby, he was miraculously rescued by the fire department. He survived but suffered severe burns to his face.

This resilient little boy from Missouri embarked on a difficult recovery process in a specialty burn unit, battling for his health against all odds. Remarkably, he overcame this challenge without the support of his family by his side.

At the age of five, everything changed for Deyvion when he became a foster child of Beth Plunkett, a single mother of two. “He was such a beautiful little boy and I fell in love with him immediately”, Beth recalled, WGN9 News reports. “I often hear people say: ‘Oh, he’s so lucky to have you’, but honestly, I feel just as lucky to have him”, she added.

After spending 2,545 days without a family, Deyvion was finally adopted by Beth. “My greatest wish for him is that he is happy and always feels loved. I want him to set goals and achieve great things, and I have no doubt he will. God has a great plan for him”, she said.

In addition to his new mother and siblings, Deyvion has also captured the hearts of the firefighters who rescued him. Assistant Chief Eric Smith of the South Metro Fire Department in Raymore and his team still remember the night they rescued this remarkable boy.

On the day of Deyvion’s adoption, Smith and his team presented him with a special jacket and hat made just for him and invited Deyvion and Beth on a ride in their fire truck to the courthouse where his adoption was finalized.