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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A local boy spent Monday morning meeting his heroes, the men who saved his life.
Back in April, a fire on Rawlings Street in Chattanooga trapped two young boys, killing 3-year-old Tyrell Jackson. But firefighters saved his brother, 2-year-old Tyler Jackson. And Monday, for the first time since the fire, Tyler met those who risked their lives to save his. “Just overwhelming,” said Tyler’s mom Shondell Jackson. “Nervous, excited, overwhelmed.”
It’s been a hellish nine months for Tyler Jackson and his mom Shondell. But it’s finally time for the toddler’s special day: the day he meets the firemen who forced their way inside his burning home and found him in the thick of the fire using thermal imaging cameras. “Bravest thing ever to just go into a burning house,” Shondell said. Mom remembers back to Monday, April 1. The day the firemen saved youngest son Tyler and the day the fire took her oldest son Tyrell.
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