Hero mom dies after shielding her baby daughter as she returned to burning building to save her, family say Bonnie Pierce, 38, died on August 24, two days after a fire broke out at a duplex in Saint Paul, Minnesota. She escaped the fire but reentered to save her four-year-old daughter, Grace. dailymail.co.uk dailymail.co.uk / feeds dailymail-co-uk-news .. dailymail-co-uk / / #news / / 2 days 2d Share