KIMBALL, Minn. (FOX 9) - For nearly 30 years, Cheryl Burt has lived with the pain of losing her two youngest sons.

And, the pain of knowing how easily she could have prevented their deaths.

"Had we plugged this in, my whole, entire life would be so different," she said through tears, holding a simple carbon monoxide detector in her hand.

Her advocacy is why Minnesota is now giving 2,500 detectors away to eight communities deemed at the most risk.

A tragedy in Kimball

The backstory:

In the late fall of 1995, Cheryl noticed that her entire family felt sick all the time.

She had a constant headache. Her husband never felt right, either. Her young sons had a hard time waking up.

She was taking them to their doctor so often that she was labeled a hypochondriac.

"Let’s say we turned o

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