A trio of brave locals were honored recently when a small plane crashed in Florida.

Catching fire almost immediately, and with all souls both still alive and yet trapped inside, residents rushed to their aid, receiving the hero’s commendation from the Boca Raton PD.

The small Cessna Skymaster aircraft was approaching North Perry Airport when it crashed into a tree.

“It was a miracle no homes were hit,” said Laura Ingram, a mother of three who lives two houses down from the crash site. “We heard this weird sputtering noise, and then boom—it sounded like a car explosion. We ran outside and just saw smoke and fire coming from behind the trees.”

The passengers: the pilot, an adult, and two children, all survived with non-life-threatening injuries.

But there was no time to celebrate as b

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