Nine year old saves up for PS4 uses money on smoke detectors

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Nine year old saves up for PS4 uses money on smoke detectors

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Time to hear a nice gaming related news story for once.
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A boy who had been saving up for a PlayStation 4 decided to use the money to buy smoke detectors for vulnerable people instead.

Nine-year-old Hector Montoya, from Texas, was looking forward to purchasing the next generation console after saving $300 (£178), but changed his mind when he heard the tragic story of a mother and child who were killed in a blaze.

The family reportedly did not have a smoke detector in their home.

"I decided saving a life was more important because one life lost is too many," he told CBS News.

The boy’s money was used to purchase more than 100 detectors, with most of them being installed in the homes of pensioners.

His kindness was rewarded when two siblings, touched by his story, decided to buy a PS4 for him anyway.

"We thought he deserved something special," said Ashton Harder, 19, who bought the PS4 along with his sister Peyton, 14.

He added: "To see a nine-year-old worrying about so many others, you can’t help but want to give him what he wants."
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How many of us at nine years old would have done that.

I copy and pasted the article from here.
http://metro.co.uk/2014/04/22/nine-year ... d-4705259/
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Damn. I don't even have a smoke detector in every room of my house; I just have one in the kitchen. I've been trumped by a nine-year-old boy.

All kidding aside, I think this story is unbelievably cool.
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I heard this story from ReviewTechUSA's youttube channel. Great story to hear. This really need more recognition.
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I'm not sure how you mistake smoke detectors for a PS4, they're labeled pretty clearly. Kid needs help.
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