2 Boys Rescue Young Children From Burning Home

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2 boys rescue young children from burning home in Florida

Published June 17, 2015

Associated Press

 

OAKLAND, Fla. –  Authorities say two boys rescued two young children from a burning mobile home in central Florida.

Ten-year-old Isiah Francis and 11-year-old Jeremiah Grimes rushed in to a neighbor's home around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday in Orange County after a fire broke out and rescued a 1-year-old and an 8-month-old.

 

Isiah and Jeremiah say the smoke inside the home was so thick they could barely see.

 

Fire officials say two other children, ages 2 and 5, who live in the home were injured. One was taken to the hospital via medical helicopter. They were both in critical but stable condition at Arnold Palmer Hospital.

 

Orange County Fire Rescue says a total of four children and one adult were in the home when the fire broke out.

 

"It felt like 150 degrees in there. I'm just thinking, 'Stay calm, keep your mind straight, stay focused on what you're doing,'" Grimes said .

 

Edited June 17, 2015 by TAHAWK

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these boys from Troop 325?  Something like this was posted on Northern Lights Council's Camp Wilderness' facebook page from this week.
 

 

https://www.facebook.com/CampWildernessScoutCamp?fref=ts

 

 

 

if I have this wrong, I apologize for hijacking the thread

 

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Scouter dot com use to have a news search section.  It automatically sought and listed "Scout"  items in the news.   I guess that was a "luxury " item when the site was rebuilt. 

Thanks to all for posting Scouty things for us to read.