"Heroism" a short story

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Here's a story of a young, but very brave girl. One night while 4 childrens were sleeping, the oldest was our hero the 10 yrs. old girl, she woke up cause she felt strange, it was so hot, she was shock when she seen her house was on fire, she immediately got up and without hesitation grab her younger brother, run out of the house, she suffered major burns, but her younger brother was un hurt, she tried to go back but one of their neghbor hold her tight saying no "don't go back its too dangerous", she tried her best to free from the man's arm but did not succeded, she cried so hard calling the names of her two other brothers still trap inside the burning house, rescuers arrived, ambulances and fire trucks struggled to get near the place, for they are living in a rural areas were streets are too tight. In just a matter of minutes the house collapsed, our hero cried and cried ignoring the pains of her burned flesh shouting help to save her other brothers, but to no avail. Her parents arrived from work, totally shock, they only managed to embraced the two kids that were left to them, the hero kept on saying, "mama Im so sorry for I did not save my other brothers, the two young males were burned to death, one is 8 the other is 6 yrs. young. Our government was informed about the tradgedy, they offered help to the family, including scholarships for both survivors, fully furnished new house and some money to start their lives again. Till now as our hero sees the scars from that tradgedy, she cries and asks forgiveness to her two brothers who died on that fire. How many brave young kids are there, willing to sacrifice everything, including their lives, only to save their brothers or their sisters? This only goes to shows that really, "BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER"