Fire During The School Massacre

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Fire during School Picnic
JAY MOUNTAIN: Fire breaks out during elementary school picnic. Three teenage boys turned heroes.

“Those boys rushed in without any second thought”, said teacher Jerry Cook at the scene. Yesterday during a school picnic a fire broke out in the old church on Jay Mountain. Three teenage boys rescued children who were stuck in the church that was on fire . “They were amazing,” said a construction worker nearby.

It all began when the three boys Ponyboy Curtis, Johnny Cade, and Dally Winston were driving back from lunch. They saw the church ablaze with panicked people surrounding the scene. Two of the boys, Johnny and Ponyboy jumped out of the car and asked Mr. Cook what had happened. He told them that his class was on a picnic and the church caught on fire. Mr. Cook also told them that some of the kids were missing and he could hear them screaming from inside the church. That’s when the three teenagers sprung into action.

Johnny broke into a window with Ponyboy following him. They dashed towards the back of the church where the children were stranded. The boys started picking up the kids and handing them to the third teen Dally, who was outside the window. After they had finished getting out all of the children safely, Johnny and Ponyboy …show more content…

When Ponyboy came out of the church Dally started hitting him, attempting to put out the flames on him. Johnny was still trapped in the church so Dally went in to rescue him. Johnny and Dally both made it out, but suffered critical injuries. The paramedics transported them and Ponyboy to the hospital. Ponyboy was released from the hospital later in the day with minor burns. While Dally had a burned arm and will be staying for a couple of nights. Johnny is in critical condition with major third degree burns in addition to a broken back he received from the collapsing

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