A boy was rescued after spending two hours treading water in the basement of his burning New Jersey home.He stayed afloat in four feet of water in the basement while the house above it was gutted by fire. He tread water for two hours until a firefighter found and rescued him.

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Rescuer tells the remarkable story of how he found the boy.

Rescuer:"I Saw a Child's Eyes Looking at Me"
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"I told him to hang in there, we're coming to get him." Trenton Battalion Chief John Gribbin talks about the rescue of a little boy Thursday morning. The toddler had been treading in about four feet of water for a couple of hours in the basement of a burning house. The little boy's mother and two other siblings survived. One brother did not. NBCPhiladelphia.com, Justin Pizzi

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