Four Teens Leapt Into Flames to Save 90-Year-Old in Oklahoma

Teen Boys Notice A Fire And Leap Into the Flames – Seconds Later, They’re Pulling Off a Miracle

They’re Pulling Off a Miracle
90-year-old Catherine Ritchie, center, poses with the four teenagers who helped save her from a house fire. Photo from KTUL

Christina – Usually when you get a group of teenagers together, you expect there to be some sort of goofing off, playing around to happen. Afterall, that is what that age is for – running around and having fun. But for four Oklahoma teenagers, being bored ended up helping them become heroes.

Sixteen-year-old Seth Byrd, 17-year-old Wyatt Hall, 16-year-old Dylan Wick and 14-year-old Nick Byrd. had been looking for something to do one evening recently. The teens had finally settled on running to a local convenience store for drinks, when, Byrd said they smelled fire.

It smelled kind of like burning rubber. Then, we heard the house alarm go off,” Wick said. Continue reading