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Two Michigan state troopers ran into a raging house fire to save an unconscious 2-year-old boy Thursday in north-central Michigan.
Authorities say troopers Jim Leonard and Rick Carlson, who arrived ahead of firefighters "held their breath and closed their eyes" after spotting through a window, a crib in the corner of the bedroom.
They pulled the crib out of a sliding glass door they had broken into and started CPR on the boy who had no pulse, according to State Police Sgt. Jeff Gorno.
"They hooked onto each other; one held onto the other's belt," Gorno said, and they saved the boy.
Sgt. Jeff Gorno said the boy is in stable condition a treated for the effects of carbon monoxide poisoning, he's expected to be fine.
The 18-year-old babysitter and boy's 7-year-old sister ran out of the house after waking up in the living room of the burning home. The 7-year-old girl suffered second-degree burns. It wasn't immediately clear if the babysitter was injured.
The troopers weren't injured from the incident. "This is why we put the uniform on every day," said Sgt. Jeff Gorno.
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