Detroit firefighters honored for saving young boy's life

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WWJ's Tim Pamplin reports a pair of Detroit firefighters were honored Monday on National First Responders Day for saving the life of a young boy who was trapped in a house fire on the city’s northeast side last winter.

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00:00We're outside Ladder 18's quarters today. This is Seven Mile and John R Road.

00:06There's a special guest of honour. There he is, little JV on and his mum Jasmine,

00:10one-year-old little boy rescued from a fire.

00:12This story all started back here in January. This house boarded up. It was where they lived

00:17with some friends. Jasmine's friend and her children lived in here and the fire broke out.

00:23And when they called me, I came rushing back to the house.

00:30Yeah, it was a horrible sight. Fire and smoke coming out of the windows.

00:37Today, Lieutenant Howard and Firefighter Winter, there you see in the background,

00:41meeting JV on for the first time after that encounter that January morning.

00:46Teddy bearing a hat as the fire commissioner addresses the media.

00:50Jasmine says her friend was doing a head count and then...

00:52She was getting everybody out. She didn't know where Von was.

00:58And they were telling me he was still inside the house.

01:02Today is National First Responders Day. I think it's quite fitting that we have this

01:07story on this day and Jasmine just wanted to let these two firefighters know how much they mean to

01:13her. I'm just so thankful that they saved my baby.

01:17Updates all afternoon right here on WWJ Newsradio 950.

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