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FORT WASHINGTON, Md. — At Prince George’s County Fire/EMS Station 832, there were hugs, clapping and the occasional tears. This was something to celebrate. Inside the station house, 13-year-old Marcus McCoy and his 9-year-old sister, Aaliyah, sat with their family waiting to meet the firefighters and 911 dispatchers who came to their rescue.
“I can’t thank them enough for saving me and my little sister,” Marcus told them. On Sunday morning, the family woke to smoke and flames inside their Clinton home. Marcus and Aaliyah were in a second-floor bedroom trapped.
The 13-year-old called 911. With his sister screaming for help, and at one point worried she was going to die, he kept calm. The 911 call taker, Kristen Ritter, kept Marcus on the phone for eleven agonizing minutes, giving him directions about what to do and getting the information firefighters needed to find them.
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