Boy Who Saved Family From Fire Gets New Home

Written By: Vince Gerasole  |  Posted: Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

RIVERDALE, Ill. (CBS) ― As a family is sleeping in their Roseland home, a fire breaks out, and an 11-year-old boy wakes up and jumps into action. He saves the family and becomes a hero. And now they're all getting a new place to call home.
CBS 2's Vince Gerasole reports that their new home in Riverdale is a three-bedroom, one bath with a family room in the basement. But the real star of this story is the boy who risked his own life to save his family, and earned a house as a reward.

If the Bell family can gather for a group picture on their front porch, it's thanks to the level head of one of its youngest members: 11-year-old Adonis Bell. "God woke me up and I got everybody out. If he didn't wake me up, we were gonna be dead, " Adonis said.

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