"I Called 9-1-1"

I dedicate this book to:
All of the firefighters who work all
day risking their lives to save ours.

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At the time, all I knew is that they were deadly and killed hundreds of people.

At the time, my cousin and I were only in first grade.

At the time, we had just been learning how to “stop, drop and roll.”

At the time, my parents also taught me to call 911 in case of an emergency.

I just didn’t know how it could happen to one of my closest relatives.

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I had been playing on my lawn with my siblings all morning, when it had
started. All I heard were sirens, lots and lots of sirens. I saw that most of the
cars on the road were pulling over.

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They were going into my cousins street. Which was really a street away.
My dad, had just bought hot dogs from the Hot Dog Tracks for us to eat.
My siblings and I watched as my cousin, with her babysitter, speed
walked down the street.

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Laura was also in 1st grade and she had been wearing a princess dress. She had her hair down
with her tiara in her left hand while her babysitter had her right hand. Her left foot was
missing a slipper that came with the princess costume.

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Tears were racing down her cheeks, while the babysitter
looked worried. She kept turning back to the house, then at us.

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“W-wasn't-m-m-my f-fault,” Said Claudia (the babysitter).

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Claudia repeated the same words over and over again
until the ambulance came to our house. Firefighters were
still trying to put out the fire. My dad and I saw flames from
the kitchen window.