By The Guardian
Photos: Video Screenshots\City of Petersburg, Virginia
A city in Virginia has awarded a hero’s proclamation to a 12-year-old boy who rescued his grandmother and two younger siblings from a fire that burned their house down recently.
The courage that Ramir Parker demonstrated when confronted with the blaze “is a shining example of resilience, responsibility and the power of instinctive leadership in our youth”, said the proclamation that officials in Petersburg gave to the local seventh-grade student.
Ramir’s story gained attention among corners of the internet dedicated to spotlighting positive news.
As he put it in an interview with the Virginia news station WTVR, Ramir heard a strange noise in his family’s home on 3 June, went downstairs and realized there was “black smoke all throughout the house.”
Ramir ran directly to a couch where his brothers – aged one and two – were sleeping on opposite ends and “picked both of them up” as the fire that had broken out quickly spread, he recalled to WTVR.
“I fitted them inside my arms and … ran outside the house,” Ramir added.
Not everyone was out of danger yet, however. READ MORE…
