Two 10-year-old girls, two acts of heroism...

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10-year-old ND girl saves baby boy from drowning

DICKINSON, N.D. - Ten-year-old Mackenzie Wilkinson managed to save a little boy from drowning on Tuesday, despite never having taken a formal swimming lesson in her life.

She was swimming for the first time this season at Patterson Lake near Dickinson when she noticed a small child, around age 2, face down in the water wearing a lifejacket.

She snapped to action, grabbing her pool noodle and urging the young one to grab on.

Her grandparents, Bob and Jean Henderson, witnessed the whole thing.

http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/407368/



10-year-old Decatur girl saves newborn from fire

DECATUR — "In our family we take care of our neighbors no matter what,” says 10-year-old Zna Gresham, who is having a hard time understanding how much of a heroine she really is.

While her apartment in Decatur was on fire, Zna was there to catch her neighbor’s newborn baby that was thrown from the second floor window.

"I caught the newborn baby from falling. Before it had hit the ground I caught it," Zna told Channel 2 Action News she did what was asked after she ran out of the burning building. “The lady from upstairs, she was dropping her babies and she asked me and my sister can she get the babies for her.”

Five people are hurt in the fire that happened Thursday night at the Arbors at North Decatur Road.

http://www.wsbradio.com/news/news/fire-decatur-injures-5/nY4RB/