Jan 22 - 8 Year Old HERO Rescues 6, Dies Trying To Save 7th From House Fire

[61 Corpses]

He's going to get that fire fighters burial

CNN) —Tyler Doohan, the 8-year-old upstate New York boy who rescued six relatives from a fire but died while trying to save his grandfather, will be laid to rest Wednesday with a ceremony and honor befitting a fallen firefighter, according to local fire officials.


The Penfield Fire Co. has kept an honor guard standing by the remains of the boy during calling hours since Monday, and at the end of a church service on Wednesday, Penfield Fire Chief Chris Ebmeyer will declare Tyler an honorary firefighter and present his family with a special fire helmet inscribed with the boy's name.

"The young man acted with a lot of courage and bravery to try to rescue his grandfather after rescuing other members of his family," Ebmeyer said. "He showed valor and strength, and paid the ultimate sacrifice."

Ebmeyer said he received calls from fire departments from Maine to California, saying something should be done to honor Tyler.

At the service, firefighters from multiple fire departments will stand at attention in formal "Class A" dress uniforms with bagpipers playing -- the hallmarks of a traditional firefighter's funeral, Ebmeyer said. There will be no funeral procession at the family's request.

"We want to honor him in a way family and friends will remember and look at him as a hero," Ebmeyer said. "He should be looked at as going above and beyond, even putting his life in danger ... This is what firefighters do."

Tyler, an East Rochester resident, was staying at the home of relatives in Penfield on Jan. 19 when he noticed a fire in the single-wide trailer, officials said.

As firefighters and sheriff's deputies responded to a 4:45 a.m. emergency call, Tyler was able to wake six other people in the small trailer, including two more children, ages 4 and 6, the fire officials said.

Then Tyler went back into the blaze to help his grandfather, who was disabled and would have been unable to get out of the home on his own. "By that time, the fire had traveled to the back of the trailer," Ebmeyer said at the time. "Unfortunately they both succumbed to heat and smoke."

The pair were found together on a bed in the back room. It appeared that the boy was trying to lift his grandfather from the bed when he was overcome by the smoke and fire, fire officials said.

The funeral Mass will take place at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. John of Rochester Catholic Church in Fairport, N.Y.



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[jackswstd]

R.I.P. to that young boy and to the Firefighters for honoring him like that.

 

[Bender Rodriguez]

to that boy, he went out like a soldier

 

[Ego Noir]

He's going to get that fire fighters burial

This brings bitter sweet tears brehs

Bury the little hero with the upmost honor

 

[newworldafro]

damn.... powerful tale

 

[the cac mamba]

heroic lil dude

shoulda left the old man tho thats what his mom said in the interview, in so many words

 

[DallasTxRep]

So you're saying two cacs died in a fire huh



















Sounds like Christmas came early this year

 

[Nefrodamus]

one less cac to worry about

edit: I'm sorry, I don't know what came over me


edit: Somebody neg me please


edit: I've done nothing with my life, I could honestly only hope to be as heroic as this kid if I was thrown into the same situation

 

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