Kept 'burned' or 'kitchen'? That is the fire. The rescue is the story. Kept 'her'? 'Grandmother' says who he pulled out.
This one really happened. Just after 4 p.m. on Friday 30 October, flames broke out in the kitchen of a house near Hull and Thresher avenues in Benton Harbor, Michigan. A grandson pulled his 85-year-old grandmother out through a window, and she was already outside when firefighters arrived. Crews had the fire out in about 10 minutes, and both drove themselves to hospital with minor smoke inhalation. WNDU and The Herald-Palladium, 3 November.
Every word, accounted for
AA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
grandmotherWho was saved. Stays.
85How old she is.
wasA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
alreadyA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
outsideWhere she was when firefighters came. Not what happened.
herA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
BentonGoes with Harbor.
HarborWhere it happened.
homeWhere the fire was.
whenA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
firefightersThey came after. The grandson got there first.
arrivedWhat the firefighters did, after.
onA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
FridayWhen.
becauseA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
herA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
grandsonWho saved her. Stays.
hadA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
pulledWhat he did. Stays.
herA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
throughHow he got her out. Stays.
aA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
windowThe way out. Stays.
asA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
theA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
kitchenWhere the fire started.
burnedThe fire. The best wrong word here: the rescue is the story.