Four Royal Stars

Ninety-year-old Catherine Ritchie was in her bathroom getting ready to go to bed when the fire started in her bedroom. At first she thought she could put out the flames, but quickly realized she was wrong. She made it to the hallway before she was overcome by smoke. Dylan Wick, Seth Byrd, Nick Byrd and Wyatt Hall – all between the ages of 14 and 17 – were at Wyatt’s house next door when they smelled smoke. They ran into the burning building, found Catherine on the floor and carried her to safety. Catherine’s daughter wrote, “Courageous young men who risked their own lives; they carried my mother out of her burning home. Thank you for not allowing this to be the tragic end to our mother's amazing life. Thank you for staying with her, hugging her, and helping her feel less alone until we could get to her. Thank you for being the kind of young men who thought about another person above yourselves.”