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Theron Teeter, let, and Mike Wallace will be honored Thursday night for their effort to save a boy from a burning house in January.(Photo: News-Leader file photo)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. —<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Two local rappers who ran into a burning building to pull out a boy, who later died, were honored Thursday night during a show to raise money for the boy's family.
Mayor Bob Stephens proclaimed Thursday,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Feb. 4, Theron Teeter and Mike Wallace Day at the Outland Ballroom.
Stephens read the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>proclamation honoring Teeter, also known as Too Much, and Wallace to the cheers of a loud and raucous crowd.
"On that day (Jan. 14, 2016)<span style="color: Red;">*</span> Theron Tetter and Mike Wallace, while putting their own lives in great danger, showed tremendous courage in their efforts to rescue two children from the burning home,” Stephens read.
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Teeter and Wallace were<span style="color: Red;">*</span>part of a benefit show<span style="color: Red;">*</span>to raise money for the family of 4-year-old Ben Garrison, who died from injuries suffered in a Jan. 14 house fire on West Lee Street.
Stephens said the request came through the neighborhood association for Tom Watkins neighborhood, where the fire occurred.
After reading a proclamation, Mayor Robert Stephens, left, congratulates Mike Wallace, center, and Teron Teeter for risking their lives to save two children from a burning house.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Dean Curtis/For the News-Leader)
"I have no problem recognizing hometown heroes," Stephens said. "It's a great example of Springfieldians helping Springfieldians."
After the mayor’s proclamation, Howard Fisk, representing the Ozarks Mountain Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, also honored the two. Fisk said Teeter and Wallace “are being honored today because they exemplify the best<span style="color: Red;">*</span>of all of <span style="color: Red;">*</span>us. They are citizens in the truest sense of the word because they took action to help others while some might have silently sat on the sidelines.”
After the awards, Teeter said that he does not consider himself a hero but that he would have done what he did “over and over again. I promise you that."
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Teeter and Wallace ran into the burning house and pulled Garrison out, but he had suffered burns to 97 percent of his body. He died later that night at the hospital.
"It was a horrible situation but we had people who were willing to face the flames to try to save kids," Stephens said. "They got one out and moved to safety and another unfortunately died later. That doesn't discount the fact that the guy kicked open the door of a burning house and pulled someone out."
Follow<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Stephen Herzog on Twitter:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>@sherzogNL
Two children and one adult were transported to Mercy Hospital after a house fire caused significant damage to a home on the 2100 block of West Lee Street on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Andrew Jansen/News-Leader)
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