Boy receives bravery award for saving his family from fire

A 12-year-old boy from Orlová, in northern Moravia, received on Thursday an award for bravery, presented by the Czech TV station Nova. In March, the boy was at home with his sick father, a little sister and grandparents when their house caught fire. He managed to get everyone safely out of the house but his 22-year-old brother who is confined to a wheelchair; he therefore sealed the windows in his room to prevent the smoke from getting in before he called the fire brigade.

Author: Jan Richter