San Francisco police take teen fire victim on special shopping trip

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Wednesday, February 18, 2015
SF police take teen fire victim on special shopping trip
SF police take teen fire victim on special shopping tripA San Francisco teenager who jumped out of the window of a burning building to save his dog got a special shopping trip on Tuesday.

COLMA, Calif. (KGO) -- A San Francisco teenager who jumped out of the window of a burning building to save his dog got a special shopping trip on Tuesday.

Alessandro Gonzalez and his family met with members of the San Francisco Police Officers Association at the Target store in Colma

The family bought a lot of household items, including clothes and bath towels, along with a new television.

The San Francisco Police Officers Association took Mission District fire victim Alessandro Gonzalez and his family on a shopping trip in Colma, Calif. on Feb. 17, 2015.

They lost everything during a massive apartment fire in the Mission District last month. Now, the family will soon be moving into a new place at Treasure Island.

"We wanted to get the family necessities it needed for day-to-day living," said SFPOA President Martin Halloran. "Alessandro wanted a computer so he could do some of his homework. We got him a nice little laptop computer. And Alessandro was thinking about his whole family and he wanted to get a TV so everyone could enjoy it."

The 13-year-old escaped the flames by breaking a window. He then tossed his dog and jumped from the fire escape.

Alessandro Gonzalez, 13, and his dog jumped from the second floor of a burning building to firefighters waiting below in San Francisco, Calif. on Jan. 28, 2015.

The family has been staying at a Red Cross shelter.

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