Ponyboy Monologue

Interviewer: “Today we’re sitting down with small town hero Ponyboy, yes that is his name and he loves it. How are you doing today Ponyboy?”
Ponyboy: “I’m doing well Tom, It’s not just me that’s a hero. My friend was the real hero, Johnny was his name. He was a true hero. My other friend was there, too. But he didn’t get any attention which is pretty sad, he’s dead, too. ”
Tom: “So tell us for the viewers that don’t know what you two did. What did you two do?
Ponyboy: “We went into a burning church to save kids who were trapped inside. They went there for their class trip for some reason, I guess they were out on a picnic.”
Tom: “How many did you save?”
Ponyboy: “You mean how many did we save? I honestly can’t even remember how many we saved. Johnny would’ve known. So many grateful parents came and, thanked him and made them feel good.”
Would you tell us what you were feeling when you ran into the burning church?”
Ponyboy: “I didn’t feel anything. Everything was a blur, I knew that we had to save the children even if it meant us dying. The children we thought had such more potential than us in life. So we saved them. I remember waking up, and being told that I blacked out after Dally tried to put out the flames that were on my back. I guess he hit me a little too hard, haha. Johnny on the other hand got the bad end of the deal, a burning log fell on him, making him paralysed if he didn’t die, but he did die. His final words were to