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Are_grits_groceries

(17,111 posts) Wed Mar 21, 2012, 05:14 AM Mar 2012

Boy, 10, rushes into burning house to save little sister

When fire broke out at a Louisville, Ky., home on Sunday night, 10-year-old Antoine Burks ran out.
But then, remembering his little sister, Trinity, 6, he ran back in, braving the flames.

“I thought, if something bad happened to her, it might have been my fault, because I’m the big brother and I gotta protect her,” Antoine told WAVE’s Katie Bauer.

Trinity Barks, whose cheek, nose and lips were badly burned by the fire, said she was disoriented.

“I didn’t know where to go because the fire was standing right by me,” she said.
The fire started when Trinity, spraying her shoes with a liquid protector, accidentally sprayed a nearby lamp. All of a sudden, she said, “Fire popped out of nowhere.”
http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/20/10781719-boy-10-rushes-into-burning-house-to-save-little-sister

Good on him! Brave kid! Lucky kids.

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Boy, 10, rushes into burning house to save little sister (Original Post) Are_grits_groceries Mar 2012 OP

A fine young man Sherman A1 Mar 2012 #1

He is a hero! Having a big brother is awesome. :-) nt Liquorice Mar 2012 #2

Antoine RAWWWWWKS Skittles Mar 2012 #3

Awwwwwwwwwwww - lovely malaise Mar 2012 #4

Definition of hero: one who risks his/her life to save another Happyhippychick Mar 2012 #5

that picture ....very moving..... BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2012 #6

What a big brother! Botany Mar 2012 #7

Heroism happens mostly unbeknownst to the hero lunatica Mar 2012 #8

That's what makes a hero - doing what's right without thinking about it. HopeHoops Mar 2012 #9

BRAVO!!! Odin2005 Mar 2012 #10

What a wonderful big brother... ljm2002 Mar 2012 #11

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)

1. A fine young man

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Wed Mar 21, 2012, 05:20 AM

Mar 2012

Brings this quote to mind.

“There are no great men. Just great challenges which ordinary men, out of necessity, are forced by circumstance to meet.
Admiral William Frederick Halsey Jr.

Some meet those circumstances far, far better than do others.

Liquorice

(2,066 posts)

2. He is a hero! Having a big brother is awesome. :-) nt

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Wed Mar 21, 2012, 05:23 AM

Mar 2012

Skittles

(153,226 posts)

3. Antoine RAWWWWWKS

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Wed Mar 21, 2012, 05:48 AM

Mar 2012

malaise

(269,219 posts)

4. Awwwwwwwwwwww - lovely

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Wed Mar 21, 2012, 06:39 AM

Mar 2012

Keep that kid away from Zimmerman

Happyhippychick

(8,379 posts)

5. Definition of hero: one who risks his/her life to save another

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Wed Mar 21, 2012, 07:15 AM

Mar 2012

Yep, he's a hero!

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)

6. that picture ....very moving.....

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Wed Mar 21, 2012, 07:41 AM

Mar 2012

two beautiful little kids

dang it, where the heck is that smilie with a tear and a smile?

Botany

(70,614 posts)

7. What a big brother!

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Wed Mar 21, 2012, 08:03 AM

Mar 2012

it might have been my fault, because I’m the big brother and I gotta protect her

lunatica

(53,410 posts)

8. Heroism happens mostly unbeknownst to the hero

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Wed Mar 21, 2012, 08:08 AM

Mar 2012

My big brother saved me from being hit by a car when we were young kids. It was so close that I actually felt a tire run over my foot. I was running and my brother grabbed me by the nape and yanked me back. I saw the look of stricken shock of the driver as he passed me before he could jam on the breaks. It was a small car and my shoes were hard so luckily there was no damage to my foot.

I always felt safe with my brother. When he died a part of me died with him. Which is what happens when your heroes die.