12-year-old saves sister from fire
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HOMESTEAD (AP) — A 12-year-old girl has saved her 4-year-old sister by carrying the younger girl out of their burning home in the Pittsburgh suburbs.
Laniyah Coller tells WPXI-TV that her mom hollered that the family’s Homestead residence was on fire about 6 a.m. Wednesday.
Laniyah was upstairs with her little sister, Angel-Lynn, and grabbed the still-sleeping girl.
Angel-Lynn says, “The first thing when I woke up, my sister was carrying me. I saw the fire all up there,” she added, pointing to her badly damaged home.
Laniyah says she asked her mother whether to jump out a window, and was told, instead, to hurry downstairs.
Laniyah says, “That’s when I grabbed my sister. I just skipped the steps. All the smoke was in my eyes.”
The fire’s cause was still being determined.