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Itwas3.21a.m.whennine -year-oldGlennKreamerawoketothesmellofburning.Exceptforthecrackling （爆裂声）offlamessomewherebelowtherewasnotasoundinthetwo-storeyhouseatBaldwin,LongIsland.

Withhisfatherawayonnightdutyatalocalfactory,Glennwasworriedaboutthe

safetyofhismother,hissisterKaren,14andhis12 -year-oldbrotherTodd.Herandownstairsthroughthesmoke -filledhousetopushandpullatKarenandTodduntiltheysatup.Thenhehelpedeachonthroughthehousetothesafetyofthegarden.

There,hissisterandbrother,takingshortandquickbreathsandcoughing,collapsedonthelawn.

Thenine-year-oldracedbackintothehouseandupstairstohismothersroom.Hefounditimpossibletowakeherup.Mrs.Kreamer,avictimofthesmoke,wasunconscious,andtherewasnobodytohelpGlenncarryhertothegarden.Buttheboy

remainedcalmand,asafiremansaidlater,actedwithalltheself -controlofatrainedadult.

Onthebedroomtelephone,luckilystillworking,Glenncalledhisfatherand,leavingMr.Kreamertotelephonethefirebrigadeandambulanceservice,gotonwiththetaskofsavinghismother.

Firsthefilledabucketwithwaterfromthebathroomandthrewwater overhismotherandherbed.Then,withawetclotharoundhisheadhewentbacktothegarden.

Hecouldhearthefireenginecomingup,buthowwouldthefiremenfindhismotherin

thesmoke-filledhousewhereflameshadalmostswallowedupthegroundflo or?

Graspingfirmlyaballofstringfromthegarage,Glennracedbackintothehouseanddashedupstairstohismothersroom.Tyingoneendofthestringtoherhandheran

back,layingoutthestringashewent,throughthehallandbackoutintothega rden.

MinuteslaterhewastellingfirechiefJohnCoughlan:Thestringwillleadyoutomother.Mrs.Kreamerwascarriedtosafetyastheflameswerebreakingthroughherbedroomfloor.

．WhydidGlennr