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WEBVTT HE SAYS THE FIVE-YEAR-OLD LIKELYSAVED HIS PARENT'S LIVES.>> I'M VERY PROUD OF THE BOY,VERY PROUD OF HIM, BUT IT'SJUST, TRAGEDY.DAN: KENNETH CURREY NOW KNOWSWHAT THE HEROIN EPIDEMIC CAN DOTO A FAMILY.THIS MORNING HIS FIVE-YEAR-OLDSTEPGRANDSON WALKED BAREFOOT ANDALONE, FOR TWO BLOCKS ALONG HILLAVENUE, IN MIDDLETOWN, TOCURREY'S HOME.HE WOKE UP TO FIND HIS PARENTS,CHELSIE MARSHALL AND LEEJOHNSON, UNRESPONSIVE.CURREY RUSHED TO HELP.>> WHEN I WALKED UP THE STEPSAND SEEN HIM LAYING IN THEBATHROOM FLOOR AND HER IN THEHALLWAY, I IMMEDIATELY CALLED911 BECAUSE I KNEW WHAT WAS UP.DAN: WHILE TALKING TODISPATCHERS, CURREY TRIED TOCALM THE FIVE-YEAR-OLD BOY ANDHIS THREE-MONTH-OLD BABY SISTER,WHO WAS ON THE FLOOR, STRAPPEDIN A CAR SEAT, CRYING.>> HOLD ON THERE AIRILIA.I GOT YOU, BABY.YOU'RE OK, BABY.DAN: INVESTIGATORS SAY MARSHALLAND JOHNSON OVERDOSED ON HEROIN.IT TOOK 14 DOSES OF NARCAN TOREVIVE MARSHALL AND ONE DOSE OFNARCAN TO REVIVE JOHNSON.POLICE CALL THE BOY A HERO, ANDSAY HIS QUICK ACTION SAVEDLIVES.>> PARENTS, WAKE UP.PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING THIS,YOU'RE NOT JUST HURTING YOU,YOU'RE HURTING YOUR FAMILIES ANDYOUR KIDS.I MEAN, THIS COULD'VE TURNED OUTREALLY BAD FOR TWO CHILDREN THATDON'T DESERVE IT.DAN: TONIGHT BOTH PARENTS HAVETIME TO THINK ABOUT THAT, ASTHEY SIT IN A JAIL CELL.>> HOPEFULLY THEY GET A WAKE UPCALL.THEY NEED A WAKE UP CALL BIGTIME.DAN: BOTH PARENTS ARE CHARGEDWITH ENDANGERING CHILDREN ANDDISORDERLY CONDUCT.CURREY SAYS THE KIDS ARE WITHOTHER FAMILY MEMBERS.

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Two Middletown parents overdosed Thursday morning, leaving their 3-month-old baby strapped in a car seat inside a home, police said. The incident was reported around 5:30 a.m. Thursday in the 1900 block of Hill Avenue. Investigators said a 5-year-old boy is to thank for saving the lives of three. They say he walked two blocks wearing no shoes to his step-grandfather's house, knocked on the door and told him that his parents were dead. The boy's step-grandfather, Kenneth Currey, said the 5-year-old was smart and had been taught what to do in an emergency. "I'm very proud of the boy, very proud of him, but it's just, tragedy," Currey told WLWT. The step-grandfather called police, who responded to the child's home. "When I walked up the steps and seen him laying in the bathroom floor and her in the hallway, I immediately called 911 because I knew what was up," Currey said. While talking with dispatchers, Currey tried to calm the 5-year-old boy and his 3-month-old baby sister, who was on the floor, crying in the car seat. Officials said they found two people, Lee Johnson and Chelsie Marshall, lying unconscious on the floor. Johnson was given Narcan and woke up shortly afterward, police said. He told police that he used heroin and was handcuffed and put in the back of a police cruiser, an officer said. Marshall was given several doses of Narcan, but did not wake up, officials said. She was taken to a hospital, where she was revived. Police said it took a total of 14 Narcan doses to wake her. The two children were taken to the Police Department. Police said they gave the 5-year-old a badge for being so brave. Middletown police Chief Rodney Muterspaw said the boy is a hero. He also said when the parents were revived, they acted as if the whole situation was no big deal. Muterspaw said that is a problem. "Parents, wake up. People that are doing this, you're not just hurting you, you're hurting your families and your kids. I mean this could've turned out really bad for two children that don't deserve it," he said. Authorities said they found a white residue on a chair at the home. It was sent to a lab for further testing. Marshall and Johnson face two charges of endangering children and one count of disorderly conduct with heroin. "Hopefully they get a wake-up call. They need a wake-up call big time," Currey said. Both are being held in the Middletown City Jail on $7,500 bonds. Currey said the children are with other family members. Chief Muterspaw also made a call-to-action after the heart-wrenching case. He asked anyone who needs help or knows someone who needs help with addiction to call the Middletown Police Department, so they can help people find solutions.