A 7-YEAR-OLD boy named Eli saved his baby sister’s life when he jumped into her room through a window to rescue her from a fire that destroyed his family’s home.

It was a typical night at the Davidson household in New Tazewell, Tennessee, the United States, on Dec. 8. Chris and Nicole Davidson fed their three children dinner, tucked them into bed and were asleep by 8:30 p.m.

Hours later, Nicole woke up to the smell of smoke. Within minutes, the family’s home was up in flames — and 22-month-old Erin was trapped in her room.

While the couple was able to grab their 2-year-old son Elijah and Eli, who has been fostered by the family for nearly a year, Erin’s bedroom was surrounded by fire.

“The smoke and fire was so thick there was no way I could get to her,” Chris told CNN. “We went outside to get to her from the window, but there was nothing for me to stand on to reach up there. So I picked up Eli, who went through the window and was able to grab her from her crib.”

“We couldn’t be more proud of Eli,” Chris said. “He did something a grown man wouldn’t do.” And he did it just in time.

By the time 20 firefighters arrived on the scene, the house had been engulfed in flames. By the next day, “nothing was left,” New Tazewell Fire Chief Josh Miracle said.

“I thought I couldn’t do it, but then I said, ‘I got her, dad,’” Eli said. “I was scared, but I didn’t want my sister to die.”

The Davidsons have fostered 34 children, including Eli, and adopted two others — Erin and Elijah. Both Nicole and Chris are also former firefighters.

Now that the family is starting over “from scratch” — impacted by job loss due to the pandemic, the loss of Nicole’s grandfather and the fire — a GoFundMe was launched to help support them. (SD-Agencies)