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Heroic 10 Year Old Saves Mother, Brothers from House Fire

By SNEJANA FARBEROV, Daily Mail

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When 10-year-old Samantha Christian noticed flames shooting out of a portable air conditioner in her room, she quickly sprung into action, waking up her sleeping family and carrying her two younger brothers to safety.

September 14, 2012 Updated Sep 14, 2012 at 10:45 AM PDT

When 10-year-old Samantha Christian noticed flames shooting out of a portable air conditioner in her room, she quickly sprung into action, waking up her sleeping family and carrying her two younger brothers to safety.

The blaze erupted on September 3 inside the Christians’ mobile home in Apache Junction, Arizona, scorching everything in sight.

Samantha was awakened at around 4:30am by the sound of crackling flames. She quickly ran to rouse her mother before escorting her eight-year-old brother, Brendon, through the thick black smoke to a neighbor’s house.

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