Helley de Abreu Silva Batista

Heley de Abreu Silva Batista (1974 – 5 October 2017), was a Brazilian teacher. She gained notability after giving her own life in an act of courage to save children in the Tragedy of Janaúba. She saved at least 25 children, being considered a heroine.[1][2]

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Silva and the second or paternal family name is Batista.
Heley de Abreu Silva Batista

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Born1974
Montes Claros, Brazil
Died5 October 2017 (43 years)
Janaúba, Brasil
NationalityBrazilian
OccupationTeacher
Known forHeroine at the Janaúba Tragedy

Biography

As a teacher one of her key drivers was the inclusion of disabled students, area in which she specialized in 2016.[3]

On October 5, 2017, Silva Batista was considered a heroine for saving several children from a fire at the Gente Inocente nursery in Janaúba, Minas Gerais. Heley, who came to fight with the watchman who ignited the fire, had ninety percent of her body burned, which led to her death.

After the wake, which gathered hundreds of people at the municipal funeral home, the coffin with the body of the teacher was placed in a truck of the Fire Department and a procession was carried through the streets of the city to the São Lucas Cemetery.

In 2005, Silva Batista had lost her child, drowned in the pool of a club.[4]

Tribute

National Order of Merit

Faced with the act of bravery, considered a gesture of courage and heroism to save the lives of her students, President Michel Temer decided to grant her, post mortem, the National Order of Merit.[5][6]

References
  1. Perfil de uma heroína: quem era a professora que morreu salvando crianças na creche de Janaúba (in Portuguese)
  2. Professora que evitou tragédia maior em Janaúba é sepultada como heroína (in Portuguese)
  3. "Lutando contra as labaredas: quem é a professora que morreu ao salvar crianças em creche de MG". Cotidiano (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  4. Heroína, professora que tentou salvar crianças em MG perdeu filho afogado (in Portuguese)
  5. Professora morta em Janaúba (MG) recebe Ordem Nacional do Mérito (in Portuguese)
  6. Michel Temer honours heroine of Janaúba with National Order of Merit (in Portuguese)
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