The old abandoned church on Jay Mountain recently caught fire while 5 children were inside. Two boys bystanding had noticed that the church had caught fire and proceeded inside to save the kids. Read more to find out about the details. Ponyboy Curtis and Johnny Cade were the two boys that saved the kids, along with assistance from a boy named Dallas Winston. It was said that the two adults were watching children that were on a school picnic. Some of the children later went to play inside of the old abandoned church. From evidence found from the fire, a lit cigarette could’ve been the cause. Curtis and Cade were coming back from a local Dairy Queen and noticed that the church was on fire. They overheard from one of the school instructors about the children inside and said that they had to save them. “I’ll get them, don’t worry!” coming from Ponyboy Curtis just as he was about to enter the church. He ran inside with his friend Johnny right behind him. They said that they eventually found the kids from behind a broken door and started taking them out and through an open window, with the boy named Dallas helping them out. All …show more content…
Where the two boys were declared heroes. They both deserve this title because they are originally a part of a local hoodlum gang called the Greasers, who live on the north side of Tulsa, Oklahoma. They are well known for causing trouble and getting into fights or “rumbles”, so a local bystander wouldn’t usually expect this kind of boy to do something like this. As Ponyboy Curtis had said, “Greaser’ didn’t have anything to do with it...It’s the individual.” Which is why he did this out of the kindness of his own heart. Johnny Cade also deserves this title as well. The boy, only 16 years old, had risked his life for these children. He felt like “Their lives were worth more... they have more to live for.” And in performing this deed of heroism, he left our world on a good