'Sunny raised alarm but they couldn't escape house fire'

76-yr-old and her carer were overcome by smoke says pal

- EXCLUSIVE BY NICOLA DONNELLY

FLORIDA death row survivor Sonia “Sunny” Jacobs - who died in a house fire along with her carer - alerted emergency services to the fire but they were both overcome by smoke, her pal has revealed.

Sunny, 76, and her carer Kevin Kelly, from Galway, died in the blaze which broke out in the bungalow in Gleann Mhac Muirinn in Connemara in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

Ms Jacobs, who was originally from New York, and Mr Kelly died after they were overcome by smoke, her friend and founder of Death Penalty Action, Abraham J Bonowitz said.

This comes as an online Gathering for Sunny is being organised in Ireland and America on Sunday via Zoom.

Mr Bonowitz said on social media: "Sunny was aware there was a fire and it was she who called the emergency services.