Teen helps save family and their home after garage catches fire



A 19-year-old boy rescued a family and their home after their garage caught on fire on the fourth of July in Upland, Calif. The boy was watching fireworks and followed a smoke trail that led to the house and quickly went inside to help. NBC News’ Shaquille Brewster has the details.

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40 comments

  1. I remember when that pizza delivery driver did this and it inspired me. I have no idea how I would react in this situation but it made me realized that I want myself to react heroically like this.

    I wonder if stories like this inspire other young people to act heroically.

    These are types of news stories we should be airing all day.

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  3. What a sweet young man!

  4. Thank God for this young hero, I pray God blesses you

  5. And women are constantly saying how they don't need men. 🙄

  6. Anybody want to talk about these kids today?…..

  7. My dad lost everything in a house fire as a young man. He had to jump out a second floor window with just a sleeping bag. This young man is truly a hero. He saw the flames from a distance, drove until he found the house, alerted the family inside, saved them and their pets, made sure their cars weren’t damaged, and THEN went back to put the fire out himself. He did everything right. I hope he becomes a firefighter.

  8. God bless u kid nodout our hands holding the future hands, they’re here to save us and protect us, and to love us😊

  9. Why iis the first images shown a house completely engulfed in flames ? Did he fight fire with fire?

  10. Those parents did a great job raising him.

  11. "CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE, LORD GOD, please know I do not worship any false gods, I worship you. Thank you for everything CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE, LORD GOD. Amen."
    🙏
    Please pray this now, pray the words as you read them if you can't look and remember them 🙏☺

  12. Oh my goodness, what a little angel!😇 Made me cry happy tears that he brought them to safety! ❤❤

  13. They are undocumented fireworks!!!!!. Mostly non-flammable. There are no firework illegals….get woke. NBC u can do better.

  14. They need to reward him handsomely! Their hero!

  15. Bless this young man’s heart ❤️

  16. Who writes these headlines? A boy, really? He is a young man. At least show him some respect! Either write a proper headline or find a better writer

  17. What a brave young man. Kudos to him for helping this family keep their minds about them to save a few of their possessions. Such kindness is so needed in the world today.

  18. GOOD JOB young man ! 👍🏻

  19. You’re dad would have beamed with pride! We’ll do it for him. Great job young man!!!

  20. You are their guardian angel. No question about it. Bless you young man ❤.

  21. must be nice to be yt. they had illegal firework in the garage, but the nice guys at the news station made this all about heroinism. What a hero, lets just pretend him storing illegal fireworks isnt what got them here to begin with.. smh

  22. Nice work!
    Okay, so he's not yet 21. He's a boy then? If you had called me "boy" when I was 19 I'd have taught you something meaningful.

  23. An act of kindness, maybe there’s hope for us all.

  24. That’s a good kid right there😢

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  34. Ban fireworks already. They don't do any good, only harm. There are plenty of better ways to celebrate the 4th of July.