Crying Baby Doll Saves Family From Fire

    A doll that was part of a La Vergne High School project to give teens a realistic look at parenting woke up 17-year-old Christian Deason just as a fire was destroying the family’s home in a Nashville, Tenn., suburb.

   The doll is programmed to cry at different times of the day and night, just like a newborn baby. Deason’s teacher had programmed the doll Friday before school let out for the weekend. Deason brought the doll home not knowing when it was programmed to cry.
    At 3:30 a.m. Oct. 24, the baby doll began to cry, waking Deason up just as the fire was eating its way through the house. Deason immediately got everyone out of the house.
   “It was a big white wall of smoke,” Deason said. “I fanned it for a second, and I see flames. I ran straight to my mother’s room, got her out, got my dog out, put the toy baby in the carrier, and we were out.”
    La Vergne Fire Marshal Victor Woods told Channel 4 News the fire detectors in the house were not working and the family had only about a minute to get out of the house....