NAME: US PARROT 20071021I TAPE: EF07/1262 IN_TIME: 10:13:09:01 DURATION: 00:00:46:20 SOURCES: ABC DATELINE: Muncie, Indiana, 20 Oct 2007 RESTRICTIONS: No Access NAmerica/Internet SHOTLIST: ABC N (WXIN) - No Access North America/Internet 1. Mid of young boy trying to get parrot to screech, parrot screeches 2. Close-up of parrot as it screeches again and walks across cage 3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Shannon Conwell, parrot's owner: "He was just screaming and screaming, and I kind of think he's an angel because if it weren't for that parrot, we probably wouldn't be here today." 4. Tilt-down of burned-out house 5. Mid of boy playing with parrot, which is inside its cage STORYLINE: A noisy parrot that likes to imitate sounds helped save a man and his son from a house fire by mocking a smoke alarm, the bird's owner said on Saturday. Shannon Conwell, 33, said he and his nine-year-old son fell asleep on the couch while watching a movie in their home in Muncie, Indiana. They awoke about 3 a.m. on Friday (0700 GMT) to find their home on fire after hearing the family's Amazon parrot, Peanut, imitating a fire alarm. "He was just screaming and screaming," Conwell said. The smoke alarm had activated, but it was the bird's call that caught Conwell's attention. Conwell quickly grabbed his son and his bird and run out of the house. The fire destroyed the home's dining room, kitchen and bedroom, Muncie fire officials said. It remains under investigation. "I kind of think he (Peanut) is an angel because if it weren't for that parrot, we probably wouldn't be here today," said Conwell. Aside from Peanut, Conwell said the fact that he and his son fell asleep on the couch helped save them. They may not have heard the alarm or the bird if they were asleep in their bedrooms. Conwell said he runs an air conditioner and a breathing machine in his bedroom and they drown out a lot of noise around the house.

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