11-Year-Old Girl Enters Blazing RV to Save Puppies, Doesn’t Make It Out Alive

11-Year-Old Girl Enters Blazing RV to Save Puppies, Doesn’t Make It Out Alive
Courtesy of Laura Alden
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A sixth grader is being hailed a “hero” after she ran into a burning RV to save her puppies from a house fire. Tragically, however, she did not survive.

For the past six months, 11-year-old Rilee Beisler had been staying with her mom at the Sun N Fun RV Resort in Sarasota, Florida. She'd initially made it out of the RV safely when the home caught fire on May 5, but despite neighbors trying to restrain her, she went back for her two pitbull puppies still trapped inside.