11-Year-Old Hero Saves Family from Blaze

A brave and quick-thinking 11-year-old girl is being hailed as a hero after she alerted her family that their house was on fire.

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00:00 A brave and quick thinking 11 year old girl is being hailed as a hero after she alerted

00:05 her family that her house was on fire.

00:08 Victoria Poirier has the story.

00:11 Around 7 a.m. Sunday morning, 11 year old Addison Carter woke up and walked downstairs

00:17 with her dog in hand.

00:19 That's when she saw something she had never seen before.

00:24 And I saw that the garage door was like there was smoke all coming out of it and I knew

00:32 that wasn't normal.

00:34 Addison knew then she had to do something about it quickly.

00:38 Immediately she went to her parents to wake them up, but at the time she had no clue the

00:43 extent of the smoke.

00:46 Even though I couldn't really tell what she was saying, she was saying there's a fire,

00:50 something's wrong, there's smoke.

00:53 After waking up her parents, Addison knew the next step was to get everyone else out

00:57 of the house.

00:58 From waking up her sister to putting shoes on her grandmother, Addison stayed calmed

01:03 but moved quickly, knowing she didn't have much time to get everyone out safely.

01:08 I got around is when we realized half the house was on fire and Addison was actually

01:13 opening the gate for us to let coke out.

01:16 Within five minutes, Addison saved seven lives, including her dog.

01:21 Now she has a message for other kids who may go through emergency situations.

01:27 And if you know that something isn't right, try to tell someone immediately because it

01:34 could save your life.

01:36 Her mother says she's proud of her daughter's bravery and very grateful to still have her

01:41 family.

01:42 It was just a chain of events and then we were out and it's all because of her.