EXCLUSIVE: Brampton boy, 5, saves sister from strangulation

Posted January 31, 2013 11:56 pm.

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CityNews reporter Shauna Hunt explains how the quick-thinking boy jumped into action when his younger sister became entangled in the pull chord from her bedroom mini-blinds.

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