(CNN) A man with a broken arm proved not all heroes wear capes. Sometimes they wear casts.

Altavious Powell used his cast to smash a window and get into his elderly neighbor's house in Miami Gardens, Florida, as it was burning on Monday night, CNN affiliate WSVN reported

Powell said he ran toward the home of his neighbor, identified by WSVN as 93-year-old Maria Cabral, when he smelled smoke. He started hitting a window with his cast and a plastic chair until the window broke and he was able to get in.

Powell said he found Cabral in the hallway by her bathroom. She was alone.

"I grabbed her with one arm," Powell said. "She looked back at me and she just said 'thank you.'"

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