Joliet teen alerts neighbors to house fire

Jayme Hendry (right) looks her sJaymes 15 (left) as two stscene aftermath neighbor's fire 2400 block E. Cass St. Thursday

Jayme Hendry (right) looks at her son Jaymes, 15, (left) as the two stand at the scene of the aftermath of a neighbor's fire in the 2400 block of E. Cass St. Thursday, July 26, 2012, in Joliet Township. Jaymes heard glass breaking at 3:30 am Wednesday, and when he looked out his bedroom window, he saw his neighbor's house on fire. He alerted his parents and all three where able to get the neighbors out safely. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media

Jayme Hendry (left) hugs her sJaymes 15 (right) as two stscene aftermath neighbor's fire 2400 block E. Cass St. Thursday

Jayme Hendry (left) hugs her son Jaymes, 15, (right) as the two stand at the scene of the aftermath of a neighbor's fire in the 2400 block of E. Cass St. Thursday, July 26, 2012, in Joliet Township. Jaymes heard glass breaking at 3:30 am Wednesday, and when he looked out his bedroom window, he saw his neighbor's house on fire. He alerted his parents and all three where able to get the neighbors out safely. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media

Jayme Hendry (left) her sJaymes 15 (right) walk scene aftermath neighbor's fire 2400 block E. Cass St. Thursday July 26

Jayme Hendry (left) and her son Jaymes, 15, (right) walk at the scene of the aftermath of a neighbor's fire in the 2400 block of E. Cass St. Thursday, July 26, 2012, in Joliet Township. Jaymes heard glass breaking at 3:30 am Wednesday, and when he looked out his bedroom window, he saw his neighbor's house on fire. He alerted his parents and all three where able to get the neighbors out safely. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media

Jaymes Hendry 15 is seen scene neighbor's house fire 2400 block E. Cass St. Thursday July 26 2012 Joliet Township.

Jaymes Hendry, 15, is seen at the scene of a neighbor's house fire in the 2400 block of E. Cass St. Thursday, July 26, 2012, in Joliet Township. Jaymes heard glass breaking at 3:30 am Wednesday, and when he looked out his bedroom window, he saw his neighbor's house on fire. He alerted his parents and all three where able to get the neighbors out safely. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media

Supplied phocellphone image taken by Jayme Hendry during fire her neighbor's residence 2400 block E. Cass St. Joliet Township. |

Supplied photo of a cellphone image taken by Jayme Hendry during a fire at her neighbor's residence in the 2400 block of E. Cass St. in Joliet Township. | Courtesy of Jayme Hendry

Jayme Hendry is seen scene aftermath neighbor's fire 2400 block E. Cass St. Thursday July 26 2012 Joliet Township. |

Jayme Hendry is seen at the scene of the aftermath of a neighbor's fire in the 2400 block of E. Cass St. Thursday, July 26, 2012, in Joliet Township. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media

It could be said that, if not for Jaymes Hendry, there could have been a fatal fire in Joliet this week. Instead, there are two people with a burned-out house who are lucky to be alive. The 15-year-old sophomore at Lincoln-Way West High School was … Read More