In Chapter 6, Dally comes to visit Ponyboy and Johnny in Windrixville. He takes them out to eat at Dairy Queen and in the middle of eating, Johnny mentions that he is going to turn himself into the police. Dally is extremely upset and expresses his feelings during the car ride about Johnny's decision to turn himself in. As they arrive at the abandoned church, they are surprised to find out that the church is on fire. Ponyboy hops out of Dally's car and asks a bystander what is going on. The man explains to Ponyboy that they were having a school picnic, when seemingly out of nowhere, the church caught on fire. A frantic woman runs up and says that children are missing, and the children are probably inside the burning building. Ponyboy says that he will rescue the kids and courageously enters the burning building to save the children. Johnny is quick to follow Ponyboy into the church. Inside the church, Ponyboy and Johnny locate a room where several children are trapped. They manage to save all of the children inside the building before Ponyboy leaps out of the window to safety. Ponyboy hears Johnny scream and Dally clubs Pony in the back of the head, knocking Ponyboy out before he has a chance to rescue Johnny. Then, Dally bravely enters the building and saves Johnny, but not before Johnny suffers a serious back injury that leaves him paralyzed from the waist down. This is a significant moment in the story because Johnny eventually dies from his injuries and his death dramatically affects Dally and Ponyboy's lives.
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