Five Children Lost Their Lives In a Fire... Where Was The Babysitter?

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I was watching the news a few minutes ago when a story came on that was just horrible. According to the news, five young children lost their lives in a house fire in Pittsburg, PA. Two other children escaped the burning building. The two eight year olds came running out of the house and got a neighbor to call 911, but the other 5 children, ages 2-7 never made it out alive. They are still looking for the babysitter who was supposed to be staying with these seven young children. This story hit close to home for me, as I have lost two of my own children to a house fire. My smoke alarm did not go off. I woke up too late to save my babies, but at least I was there and tried everything I could do to get to them. It is hard to imagine that this babysitter could just leave seven children unattended, costing them their lives. Please everyone reading this, take note and test your smoke alarms regularly. If you do not have adequate alarms, buy more and install them. They are inexpensive, and may save your lives or the lives of your loved ones. Also, make sure that they have fresh batteries. Keep a fire extinguisher handy, and know how to use it. Make sure that everyone knows what to do in the event of a fire. Be sure to have a fire escape plan. This is especially important for children, even the younger ones. I will never know if my two little ones might still be alive today if they had only known that it was ok to go out the upstairs window. I never thought to teach them to go out the window onto the roof below, but I could have gotten to them from there. All I know is that I wish I had taught them what to do, but you just do not expect these things to happen to you.