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It was a chilly afternoon in Windrixville, Oklahoma when the abandoned church located atop of Jay Mountain mysteriously combusted into fire. Concurrently, the town’s local school were having a school trip close by Jay Mountain earlier that day, and five children were then reported missing. Amidst the whole incident, a trio of teenagers took notice of the missing children. Two of the teenagers, Ponyboy Curtis and Johnny Cade, deliberately rushed into the burning building and fetched the kids. The remaining teen, named Dallas Winston, helped the children escape out of the window.

The fire first caught attention to these boys when Dallas was driving down the road after taking Johnny and Ponyboy for lunch at Dairy Queen’s. He stopped the car when

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