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High School Football Players Hailed As Heroes After Rescuing Child From House Fire

Three Georgia high school football players have been hailed as heroes after the trio rushed inside a burning home to save a child and a pet who were trapped inside, PEOPLE reported.

On July 18, Ryan Seymour, Kai Keller and Pearson Blair, all 14, were hanging out together when they noticed the flames and quickly jumped into action without wasting any time.

At the time of the house fire, the friends had been driving through the neighborhood on a golf cart.

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Jason Nash, the boys' head freshman football coach at South Paulding High School, tweeted that the teens spotted the burning home and immediately headed towards it.

It was that total lack of hesitation and selfless drive to help the residents inside that has left locals stunned by these brave young men.

While Seymour and Keller found hoses to start dousing the flames with, Blair ran into the home to see if anyone was still inside.

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According to local outlet WSB-TV, the heroic teen rescued a young child as well as the family pet, a Great Dane, and helped them safely escape outside while his friends continued to try to control the flames.

The fire inside the home was reportedly so hot that it actually broke the windows.

After local fire crews showed up to finish the job the boys had started, Coach Nash posted a tribute to his players' bravery on Twitter.

"Being selfless & a good human being isn't hard," he wrote alongside several photos of the visibly exhausted heroes in the aftermath of their rescue. "Proud to call them SPARTANS!!!"

Nash later said the boys are "true teammates" who "anyone would be proud to claim as their sons."

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"[They're] the kind of teammate everyone wants because you know if you need help or just a pick me up they’ve got you," he told PEOPLE. "They are extremely hard working and want to be champions in any endeavor they are involved in."

According to the coach, his players don't actually consider themselves to be heroes, despite the bravery they exhibited that day.

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"They simply said they did what they did because it was the right thing to do and people needed help," he explained.

"As their head coach, I’m proud because my staff and I are always preaching about how football is bigger than the individual," he added. "It extends into our communities and to those who can not help themselves and we should always set the bar when it comes to being good students, friends, siblings, sons, future husbands, and men of character and action."

h/t: PEOPLE, WSB-TV

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