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    Three young boys - Ponyboy Curtis, Dallas Winston, and Johnny Cade - heard cries for help coming from a burning down church. Ponyboy ran into the burning building and threw a rock through a window to get inside. He found eight children huddled in a corner, the door blocked by flames. Johnny Cade followed Ponyboy into the burning church and helped throw the children to safety out the window. Though one boy was severely injured, all the children were rescued from the fire by the heroic actions of the three boys.

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    Three young boys - Ponyboy Curtis, Dallas Winston, and Johnny Cade - heard cries for help coming from a burning down church. Ponyboy ran into the burning building and threw a rock through a window to get inside. He found eight children huddled in a corner, the door blocked by flames. Johnny Cade followed Ponyboy into the burning church and helped throw the children to safety out the window. Though one boy was severely injured, all the children were rescued from the fire by the heroic actions of the three boys.

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    A Heroic Story

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    Three young boys - Ponyboy Curtis, Dallas Winston, and Johnny Cade - heard cries for help coming from a burning down church. Ponyboy ran into the burning building and threw a rock through a window to get inside. He found eight children huddled in a corner, the door blocked by flames. Johnny Cade followed Ponyboy into the burning church and helped throw the children to safety out the window. Though one boy was severely injured, all the children were rescued from the fire by the heroic actions of the three boys.

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    A Heroic Story George Friesen states, “It looked like

     October 24, 1967 that churches roof was going to cave in


      any minute!”
    WINDRIXVILLE: People around the On the scene one of three of the boys
    scene say that three young boys ran to was injured severely with a burnt arm
    the rescue of eight children in a burning and many burns and cuts. The two others
    down church building on a Friday only had minor burns, cuts, and bruises.
    afternoon.  Their names are said to be It is said that they had all gotten out
    Ponyboy Curtis, Dallas (Also known as safely and were rushed to the hospital
    Dally) Winston, and Johnny Cade. immediately. The fire was taken out by
     It is to be said that Jerry and his school the firefighters.
    kids (they are about eight years old)  
    were having a picnic and then all of a  
    sudden the place was burning up. Jerry
    explains, “Mrs.O’Briant yelled to me to
    say that some of the kids are missing.”
    They say that they were missing for
    about a half an hour. Jerry said that he
    thought that they were climbing the hill.
     The boys heard the commotion inside of
    the church, which sounded like faint
    cries for help.
     Ponyboy Curtis started sprinting to get
    into the church and save the children.
    Somebody grabbed his arm, but he
    pulled away and ran. It is said that
    Ponyboy threw a rock to the window to
    get in and burst right through, and tried
    to ignore the scorching hot flames.
    “That boy,” said the reporter, “risked his
    life for those children.”
    Shortly after Johnny Cade was right
    behind Ponyboy Curtis. Those brave
    boys ran to the back of the church and
    found the kids huddled into a corner.
    People at the scene could hear screaming The firefighters went on the scene as soon as
    and banging. they could and the three boys were taken to the
    hospital.
    The door was blocked by flames to get
    out. Johnny looked over his shoulder and
    pushed open the window and threw the
    nearest kid out as fast as he could.
    At the scene there was a huge crowd of
    worried parents and neighbors. Dally
    was standing outside of the burning
    church and ran inside. Because he saw
    what Ponyboy had looked like.

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