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Odenville 10-year-old hailed a hero for saving his sister from burning home

Odenville 10-year-old hailed a hero for saving his sister from burning home
LATER TONIGHT. WELL, TONIGHT A FAMILY IN ODENVILLE WORKING TO RECOVER AFTER LOSING EVERYTHING THEY OWNED IN A HOUSE FIRE OVER THE WEEKEND. REALLY TOUGH. BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THAT THEY ARE DOING SO WITH EVERY FAMILY MEMBER ALIVE. AFTER A QUICK THINKING TEN YEAR OLD GRANDSON SAVED HIS LITTLE SISTER鈥橲 LIFE. OUR 米兰体育 13 LISA CRANE SHARES HIS INCREDIBLE STORY OF THIS NEWFOUND HERO. THIS WAS THE SMITH FAMILY HOME FOR 25 YEARS, BUT THEY SAY IN MERE MINUTES EARLY SATURDAY MORNING, THEY LOST IT ALL. THERE WERE 11 RELATIVES STAYING HERE THAT NIGHT, INCLUDING FOUR CHILDREN. IT WAS REALLY HOT. AND THEN AS SOON AS WE WOKE UP, LIKE 10S LATER, IT GOT REALLY BLACK IN THERE. NOW TWO OF THE RELATIVES INSIDE WERE IN WHEELCHAIRS, BUT WITH FIRE BLOCKING THEIR EXIT, THEY HAD TO BRING THEM DOWN THESE STAIRS. IT WAS CHAOTIC AND VERY DIFFICULT, SO THEY DIDN鈥橳 REALIZE AT FIRST THAT EIGHT YEAR OLD MIA WAS STILL INSIDE. I DIDN鈥橳 HEAR ZAIN WAKE ME UP, SO I WAS ASLEEP. THEN I WOKE UP AND THEN I WAS JUST IN THE HALLWAY BECAUSE I DIDN鈥橳 KNOW WHICH DOOR TO GO OUT. AND THEN I WAS JUST IN THE HALLWAY CRYING BECAUSE I DIDN鈥橳 KNOW WHAT TO DO. THEN ZAIN CAME BACK AND GOT OUT BEFORE ANYONE COULD STOP HIM. TEN YEAR OLD ZAIN RAN BACK INTO THE BURNING HOME TO LOOK FOR HIS SISTER. I WAS SCREAMING TO HER TO COME AND GET, COME GET MY HAND. AND THEN SHE CAME. AND THEN WE WENT OUTSIDE. WEREN鈥橳 YOU SCARED? TELL ME WHY YOU WEREN鈥橳 SCARED. BECAUSE I WASN鈥橳 THINKING. I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT SAVING MY SISTER. IT鈥橲 JUST ALL AROUND GOOD, KID. I MEAN, SUPER KID. DOES IT SURPRISE YOU THAT HE WOULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS? NO. HE IS JUST. HE LOVES. HE LOVES HIS HIS SIBLINGS. HE MAKES SURE THAT THEY鈥橰E CARED FOR AND AND PLAYED WITH AND KISSED ON AND LOVED THE HOME IN JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING INSIDE IS GONE. ALONG WITH THREE DOGS. BUT THEY鈥橰E THANKFUL THEIR ENTIRE FAMILY, FROM THE OLDEST TO THE YOUNGEST, IS SAFE. NOW I FEEL LIKE ME AND HER GOT WAY MORE CLOSER TO EACH OTHER. I鈥橫 REALLY PROUD OF MYSELF FOR HELPIN
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Odenville 10-year-old hailed a hero for saving his sister from burning home
A family in Odenville is working to recover after losing everything they owned in a house fire over the weekend. But they say the most important thing is they are doing so with every family member alive after their quick-thinking 10-year-old grandson saved his little sister's life. There鈥檚 very little left of the Smith family of 25 years. They say in mere minutes early Saturday morning they lost it all. There were 11 relatives staying there that night including four children. Ten-year-old Xane Davis was one of them. 鈥淚t was really hot and then as soon as we woke up, like 10 seconds later, it got really black in there," Xane Davis said.>> YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD: Community coverage from 米兰体育 13Two of the relatives were in wheelchairs and with the fire blocking their ramped exit, they had to bring them down the front stairs. It was chaotic so they didn't realize 8-year-old Mia Adams was still inside.鈥淚 didn鈥檛 hear Xane wake me up, I was asleep, then I woke up, and then I was just in the hallway because I didn't know which door to go out," Adams said. "And I was just in the hallway crying because I didn't know what to do. Then Xane came back and got me.鈥滲efore anyone could stop him, 10-year-old Xane ran back into the burning home to look for his sister. 鈥淚 was screaming to her to come get come get my hand. And then she came and then we went outside," Davis said. I asked if he was scared and he shook his head no and added, 鈥淏ecause I wasn't thinking. I was just thinking about saving my sister.鈥漈heir grandfather, Timothy Smith said, 鈥淗e's just all-around good kid. I mean super kid.鈥�>> FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube He said Xane鈥檚 actions didn鈥檛 surprise him at all. 鈥淚 think he loves his siblings,鈥� Smith said. His wife Kathie Smith said, 鈥淵ou know, he makes sure that they're cared for and played with and kissed on and loved.鈥漈he home and just about everything inside is gone along with three dogs, but they're thankful their entire family, from the oldest to the youngest, is safe. 鈥淣ow I feel like me and her got way more closer to each other. I'm really proud of myself for helping her," Davis said.Friends are taking up donations for the family. Anyone who would like to help can take a donation to the Odenville Magistrate鈥檚 Office.

A family in Odenville is working to recover after losing everything they owned in a house fire over the weekend. But they say the most important thing is they are doing so with every family member alive after their quick-thinking 10-year-old grandson saved his little sister's life.

There鈥檚 very little left of the Smith family of 25 years. They say in mere minutes early Saturday morning they lost it all. There were 11 relatives staying there that night including four children. Ten-year-old Xane Davis was one of them.

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鈥淚t was really hot and then as soon as we woke up, like 10 seconds later, it got really black in there," Xane Davis said.

>> YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD: Community coverage from 米兰体育 13

Two of the relatives were in wheelchairs and with the fire blocking their ramped exit, they had to bring them down the front stairs. It was chaotic so they didn't realize 8-year-old Mia Adams was still inside.

鈥淚 didn鈥檛 hear Xane wake me up, I was asleep, then I woke up, and then I was just in the hallway because I didn't know which door to go out," Adams said. "And I was just in the hallway crying because I didn't know what to do. Then Xane came back and got me.鈥�

Before anyone could stop him, 10-year-old Xane ran back into the burning home to look for his sister.

鈥淚 was screaming to her to come get come get my hand. And then she came and then we went outside," Davis said.

I asked if he was scared and he shook his head no and added, 鈥淏ecause I wasn't thinking. I was just thinking about saving my sister.鈥�

Their grandfather, Timothy Smith said, 鈥淗e's just all-around good kid. I mean super kid.鈥�

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He said Xane鈥檚 actions didn鈥檛 surprise him at all.

鈥淚 think he loves his siblings,鈥� Smith said.

His wife Kathie Smith said, 鈥淵ou know, he makes sure that they're cared for and played with and kissed on and loved.鈥�

The home and just about everything inside is gone along with three dogs, but they're thankful their entire family, from the oldest to the youngest, is safe.

鈥淣ow I feel like me and her got way more closer to each other. I'm really proud of myself for helping her," Davis said.

Friends are taking up donations for the family. Anyone who would like to help can take a donation to the Odenville Magistrate鈥檚 Office.