Heroic Navy vet dad killed rynning into blazing house to save son, 10 — not realizing boy was safe

A Navy veteran dad was killed running into his burning home to save his 10-year-old son — not knowing the boy had already safely escaped the burning building.

Christopher Gierhart, 50, died late Sunday after a July Fourth firework appears to have started the blaze that engulfed his home in Hollywood, Maryland, Chesapeake Today reported. ...