Normally, when strangers see an emergency situation, they call 911 and wait for professionals to arrive. However, when five strangers saw a burning car on the side of the highway, they bravely put their lives on the line to save the driver.
At around 8:30 that night, an 81-year-old driving on the highway got confused and crashed his car into the DOT fence along the road. “This caused the car to become stuck in the weeds. The brush caught fire and soon the vehicle was on fire,” Pasco Police explained.
“Passerbys on Highway 12 noticed the car on fire and stopped to help. The driver was conscious but unable to unlock the doors or get out on his own. As more and more of the car was consumed, a team of local heroes began to assemble at the crash site,” Pasco Police said. “We could feel the heat from the car 100 feet away,” said Porter Romm, one of the brave strangers who risked his life to help the elderly man.
“He was asking us to help him, and you don’t think, you just act at that point,” said Romm, who used a hammer to break the window. “We all just grabbed underneath his shoulders and started pulling.” Just when the strangers got the man to safety, the rest of the car burst into flames. “About all he could say was thank you, thank you so much, you saved my life.”
“By the time the officer got there, the whole car was in flames, there’s no way they would have gotten there in time to pull him out,” Romm said. “It’s unreal to think that 30-40 seconds was the difference between life and death for this guy. I’m just happy we were able to get there in time.”
Watch the entire video below to see what these strangers did when they saw an elderly man inside a burning car.
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Heroic Strangers Pull 81-Year-Old From Burning Car is an article from: LifeDaily