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11-Year-Old Girl Recovering After Derry, NH House Explosion, Family Hopes To Rebuild

"I'm at a loss for words," Giso said. "She was able to crawl out and run for help. I'm just thankful for that."

(Sean Barnacoat/CBS Boston)

April 12, 2024

DERRY, NH - For days now John Giso has been on a mission, searching for anything he can salvage in the ruins of his Derry, New Hampshire home which was leveled one week ago by an explosion and fire that tore through the Goodhue Road house.

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"More so the stuff for my daughter, I got some of her stuffed animals that she loved, I was able to save a lot of them," Giso tells WBZ-TV.

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John Giso and a friend sift through debris a week after his house exploded in Derry, New Hampshire/CBS Boston

His 11-year-old daughter Violet is his miracle who crawled from the debris when the home exploded, suffering serious burns throughout her body, but now out of the hospital recovering.

11-year-old Violet survived a house explosion in Derry, New Hampshire/CBS Boston

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