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   >>> finally now, a good samaritan is being hailed as a hero in new york after helping firefighters rescue a 4-year-old boy from a burning building on wednesday. the man carried the boy down the fire escape , as you see there, and gave onlookers a thumbs up when the child started breathing again. he's in stable condition this morning. at 7:11, it's a nice story to end with. let's now go back to meredith, matt and al.

   >> i was listening to a story this morning that said when he was a young boy in romania, his family was caught in a fire and i think he may have saved a sister. he may have lost a parent in that fire. so this is a man for a second time being involved with this. just had to do what he could.

   >> a selfless act.

   >> good story.

   >> thank goodness that boy's going to be okay.

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