Jay Mountain Fire Research Paper

As many of you may be aware, last weekend there was a huge fire at a local church in Jay Mountain. What you may not be aware of, however, is that this story involved a couple of delinquents who risked their lives to save children in this burning Church. As children were playing in the church it mysteriously caught on fire. Though the authorities do not know exactly what happened that could have started the fire, it is believed that the fire may have been due to a lit cigarette that burned down the whole Church. The delinquents that saved the children have been identified as 14-year-old Ponyboy Curtis, 16-year-old Johnny Cade, and 17-year-old Dallas (Dally) Winston who are greasers from the lower-class east side of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Although …show more content…
So far, this is the information we have gathered. It was reported that Ponyboy and Johnny had camped up in that Church for about a week. One day, after coming back from Dairy Queen with a fellow greaser named Dally, they saw the Church burning in flames. They believed it must have been because they dropped a lighted cigarette, although this is yet to be confirmed. At about the time they were leaving Dairy Queen, they overheard a lady asking a man named Jerry about some missing kids and she was worried they may have gone inside the church to play. Ponyboy and Johnny felt the urge to help, or perhaps it was their guilt, but Dally was telling them otherwise. Finally, they made a decision. Ponyboy ran out of the car and decided to help. Johnny chased after him all while Dally tried to get them to stay with him. When they got there, they could hear faint yelling. Ponyboy yelled out that he was going to get the children but then a large man named Jerry said, “I’ll get them. You kids stay out (Hinton 91).” But Jerry must have been intimidated by the flames, or perhaps it was his big size, because when he walked up to the fire, he back