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    Three teenage boys - Ponyboy Curtis, Johnny Cade, and Dallas Winston - rescued four children from a burning church in Windrixville, risking their own lives. Johnny suffered severe burns and a broken back while rescuing the final child. All three boys are considered local heroes despite being labeled as greasers or juvenile delinquents. The fire may have been caused by a discarded cigarette and left the church engulfed in flames, trapping the children inside.

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    Three teenage boys - Ponyboy Curtis, Johnny Cade, and Dallas Winston - rescued four children from a burning church in Windrixville, risking their own lives. Johnny suffered severe burns and a broken back while rescuing the final child. All three boys are considered local heroes despite being labeled as greasers or juvenile delinquents. The fire may have been caused by a discarded cigarette and left the church engulfed in flames, trapping the children inside.

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    Three teenage boys - Ponyboy Curtis, Johnny Cade, and Dallas Winston - rescued four children from a burning church in Windrixville, risking their own lives. Johnny suffered severe burns and a broken back while rescuing the final child. All three boys are considered local heroes despite being labeled as greasers or juvenile delinquents. The fire may have been caused by a discarded cigarette and left the church engulfed in flames, trapping the children inside.

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    The Windrixville Times

    Volume XXVII Saturday, May 4, 1965

    LOCAL JDs HAILED AS HEROES

    By: Reagan Burr

    It started out as a beautiful


    Thursday afternoon with the
    students of Windrixville Academy
    enjoying a school picnic on Jay
    Mountain. After eating their peanut
    butter and jelly sandwiches, they
    played tag and enjoyed the mountain
    views. Suddenly tragedy struck. Out of the blue, three young
    Before they knew it, the nearby looking boys came and immediately,
    church had been engulfed in flames! with no thought, ran straight for the
    Eyewitness Jerry Tomlinson, one of flaming church. Jerry said, I planned
    the chaperones, said he felt the heat of to go into the church, but then the two
    the growing fire from forty feet young fellas raced in before I got the
    away. The thick black smoke chance. They took off running and
    enclosed the scorching hot church. smashed the nearest window open
    There was an ear-splitting sound, like with a rock, and climbed into the
    a gun. As the fire flourished, Jerry and burning church. They didnt seem to
    Terry O'Briant, one of the school think about the danger that they
    teachers, struggled to count the walked right into. The three young
    present kids, only to find there were men who claim to be Ponyboy Curtis,
    four students missing. Following the Johnny Cade, and Dallas Winston,
    bangs, they heard cries for help should be considered heros, not JDs
    coming from the church. or greasers.
    Ponyboy ran in first, closely The fire chief reports that the
    followed by Johnny. Johnny Cade fire may have been caused by a lit
    said, Once we got through the cigarette, carelessly discarded.
    window, the kids were found in the Doctors state that Johnny Cade is in
    back of the church. The way out was critical condition with severe burns
    burning, leaving only one way out - and a broken back, and may never be
    the window. I kicked open the able to walk again. Ponyboy and
    window and tossed the kicking kid Dallas are suffering from minors
    out. Ponyboy said, While Johnny burns, and are expected to be released
    got the first kid out I was struggling to soon. The boys were at the church
    pick up an aggressive child who was because they are runaways who might
    continuously biting me on the hand. be connected to the death of teenager
    After the children had been tossed out Robert Sheldon last week. But to the
    of the church, Johnny pushed me students and parents of Windrixville
    towards the open window and told me Academy, they are heroes!
    to leave. I heard the unsteady rumble The picture below shows our
    from the ceiling, and instinctively heroes from left to right are Ponyboy
    jumped. When Ponyboy landed, his Curtis, Dallas Winston, Johnny Cade,
    buddy Dallas came over and put out and their friend Two-Bit Matthews.
    the fire on Ponyboys leather greaser
    jacket. Dallas ran over to the pile of
    wood, hearing weak groans of help
    where the church had been. He started
    moving the wood with hopes of
    finding his best friend, Johnny, who
    was left among the wood after the
    church roof crumbled on top of him.

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    Photo of burning church courtesy of:
    https://ionenewpittsburghcourier.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/church-burning.jpg

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