ANANDA
ANANDA ROCHITA, ABC 10 NEWS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND MORE THAN UNMANS SINCE THE
CAMP FIRE WE ARE HEARING NEW
STORIES OF SURVIVAL AND
GENEROSITY.
ONE OF THOSE STORIES IS THIS
GUY RIGHT HERE.
JAMES WILL TELL YOU HE IS A
REAL LIFE SUPERHIREO.
HE SAVE -- SUPER HERO.
HE SAVED HIS FRIEND FROM THE
CAMP FIRE AND NOW THE COMMUNITY
IS COMING TO SAVE HIM.
>> Reporter: THIS IS JAMES.
FOR YEARS HE HAS BEEN A
CELEBRITY IN PARADISE.
KNOWN FOR HANGING AROUND AND
DRESSING UP AS SUPERMAN FOR
KIDS.
>> I SAVE THE WORLD AND SAVE
THE WORD IN MY SPARE TIME.
>> Reporter: ON THE DAY OF THE
CAMP FIRE, AFTER BREAKFAST, HIS
TITLE TOOK ON A REAL MEANING.
>> THE DAY OF THE FIRE, THE
SHORT VERSION IS THE PORCH WAS
ON FIRE, I SAID THE PORCH IS ON
FIRE TO GRANDPA.
>> HIS ROOM JIMMY, HE IS 86 AND
WHEN THE FIRE APPROACHED IT WAS
UP TO JAMES TO FIGURE OUT HOW
TO GET THEM OUT.
>> I SAID FOR HIM TO GET HIS
BREATHING MASK ON.
HE WAS HAVING TROUBLE
BREATHING.
AND THEN I ASKED HIM TO GO INTO
A GARBAGE CAN TO BE ROLLED.
>> Reporter: HE TRIED ROLLING
HIM BUT HE COULDN'T GO FAR AND
FLAMES WERE SURROUNDING THEM.
>> HAVING THE WHOLE STREET AS A
TOTEINAL FERNO AND IT WAS SO --
TOTAL INFERNO AND IT WAS SO
DARK.
>> Reporter: USING A FLASH
LIGHT HE FLASHED THE SOS
SIGNAL.
A FIRE CREW SAW IT AND CAME TO
THE RESCUE.
>> THE FIRE CREW -- IT WAS
AMAZING THAT I -- I SAID TO
GRANDPA, SAVE HIS LIFE WITH THE
MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR ME TO
DO.
>> Reporter: THE VA BOOKED
GRANDPA WHO IS A VETERAN INTO A
MOTEL IN ROSEVILLE.
JAMES WHO IS DEVELOPMENTAL
DISABILITIES -- DISABLED WENT
WITH HIM.
JAMES ENDED UP ON THE MISSING
PERSON'S LIST AND POSTS LIKE
THESE POSTED UP ON FACEBOOK.
>> THEY THOUGHT HE PERISHED IN
THE FIRE.
>> Reporter: THAT IS WHERE SHE
COMES IN.
>> HE CAME IN REALLY EARLY.
HE TOUCHED MY HEART.
>> Reporter: THAT NIGHT SHE
LOOKED HIM UP ON FACEBOOK AND
SAW PEOPLE WERE ASKING ABOUT
HIM.
>> I WROTE HE IS ALIVE.
I JUST CAME IN CONTACT WITH HIM
TODAY.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO START
BUT I WANTED TO HELP HIM.
>> Reporter: THAT IS WHERE THE
COMMUNITY COMES IN.
SHE ALERTED HER BOSS WHO POSTED
THE STORY ON THE ADOPT A FAMILY
FACEBOOK GROUP WHICH WAS SEEN
BY THERESA.
>> I AM IN ROSEVILLE, WHAT DO
YOU NEED, A GROUP OF US GOT
TOGETHER AND SAT DOWN AND MET
JAMES.
HE HAS AN AMAZING SPIRIT.
THAT IS WHEN WE REALIZED IF WE
DIDN'T HELP THAT THEY ARE GOING
TO BE IN TROUBLE.
>> Reporter: AFTER PHONE CALLS
TO FEMA THE STRANGERS HELPED
JAMES AND GRANDPA WHO LOST
EVERYTHING IN THE FIRE GET BACK
ON THEIR FEET AND FIND A NEW
HOME IN GRASS VALLEY.
>> IT WAS AMAZING.
TO LOSE A TOWN IS JUST -- THAT
WAS THE HARDEST.
TO LOSE FAMILY.
BUT I HAVE MANY BLESSINGS IN MY
LIFE.
A NEW FAMILY OVER THERE.
CHERRY DISPOSITION -- CHERRY
DISPOSITION -- CHEERY
DISPOSITION.
>> SHE FOUND A COMMUNITY WHERE
HE CAN WALK.
THAT THE VERY MUCH LIKE
PARADISE.
>> Reporter: IF YOU ASK WHAT HE
NEEDS NOW, HE IS ONLY MISSING
ONE THING.
>> I LOST MY SUPER HERO SUIT.
I AM LARGE.
I LIKE THE BRIGHT AND A BIG
YELLOW BELT AND A BUCKLE --
LIKE WOW!
>> Reporter: HE IS AFTER ALL A
SUPER HERO.
>>