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Teen Hero Saves Family: 'If I lost my life, I was going to do it saving somebody' Teen Hero Saves Family: 'If I lost my life, I was going to do it saving somebody'
Teen Hero Saves Family: 'If I lost my life, I was going to do it saving somebody' Waterbury's Justin Gavin, 18, said that he raced toward a burning car to rescue its occupants because none of many onlookers honking and yelling from their vehicles were "doing anything to help out." "I wouldn't call myself a hero, I just did what was right," he said when he detailed the events of the Sept. 9 rescue during his appearance on the "Drew Gooder" portion of The Drew Barrymore Show. "A lot of people called me an angel about it, but I just did the right thing." Gavin said he was walking down West Main Street in Waterbury, in the process of running an errand, when he saw the b…

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