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8-year-old that died saving family from fire to get hero’s funeral
pix11.com ^
Posted on 01/31/2014 3:46:22 AM PST by Red in Blue PA
Tyler Doohan, the 8-year-old upstate New York boy who rescued six relatives from a fire but died while trying to save his grandfather, will be laid to rest Wednesday with a ceremony and honor befitting a fallen firefighter, according to local fire officials.
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Then Tyler went back into the blaze to help his grandfather, who was disabled and would have been unable to get out of the home on his own. “By that time, the fire had traveled to the back of the trailer,” Ebmeyer said at the time. “Unfortunately, they both succumbed to heat and smoke.”
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Just heard about the story of this 8 year old hero.
RIP.
To: Red in Blue PA
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posted on
01/31/2014 3:48:58 AM PST
by
Perdogg
(Ted Cruz-Rand Paul 2016)
To: Red in Blue PA
I had a talk with my grandsons about this story. This boy's actions were held up as 'the way men should behave'.
Kids don't learn this stuff on their own. It's our responsibility to teach them.
/johnny
To: Red in Blue PA
Not too many things move me, but this boy’s heroism does.
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posted on
01/31/2014 4:30:05 AM PST
by
OldPossum
("It's" is the contraction of "it" and "is"; think about ITS implications.)
To: OldPossum
The screen is getting blurry.I bet there will not be a dry eye at the funeral either.RIP little man.
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posted on
01/31/2014 4:51:30 AM PST
by
HANG THE EXPENSE
(Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
To: Red in Blue PA
I hadn't herad of this.
He deserves more than a heroes funeral if possible.
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posted on
01/31/2014 5:22:49 AM PST
by
McGruff
(I'm a conservative. Not necessarily a republican.)
The hardest thing to accept is that it just might be the purpose and destiny for this hero child to exist at all, was for this one act. I hope that is not true. Then again, I just need to yet work this out in myself. Maybe it is the way it is supposed to be.
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posted on
01/31/2014 5:31:38 AM PST
by
USCG SimTech
(Honored to serve since '71)
To: Red in Blue PA
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posted on
01/31/2014 5:46:21 AM PST
by
Ouchthatonehurt
("When you're going through hell, keep going." - Sir Winston Churchill)
To: Red in Blue PA
This little angel is surely in the Arms of the Lord right now.
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posted on
01/31/2014 6:00:30 AM PST
by
Bigg Red
(O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! Ps 8)
To: Red in Blue PA
To: USCG SimTech
was for this one act. I hope that is not true.
With this one act the young man has touch the lives of thousands and inspired us all to greater selfless nobility. Anyone should be honored to have such a legacy. Most achieve far less. God's plan is far more complex than any one 'simple' act. Who knows what rippling effects happen either in the lives of those he saved or the loves of those of us he ha inspired.
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posted on
01/31/2014 6:43:02 AM PST
by
TalonDJ
To: Red in Blue PA
I wonder if he is related to this Doohan?
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posted on
01/31/2014 7:01:06 AM PST
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; me = independent conservative)
To: Red in Blue PA
Whew..
Definitely my weak spot on an otherwise hardened worldly old man whose seen and done all
Glad I’m by myself...right this second
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posted on
01/31/2014 7:04:01 AM PST
by
wardaddy
(wifey instructed me today to grow chapter president beard back again....i wonder why?)
To: Perdogg
That boy obviously had more balls than all of the politicians put together.
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posted on
01/31/2014 9:10:15 AM PST
by
Jean2
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