“It’s a man’s life at risk. Right there. He’s burning.”
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. - Dramatic body-cam video shows how two Florida deputies went beyond the call, running to a burning car to rescue a man inside.
When two Charlotte County deputies arrived at the scene of a crash, they discovered a car on fire with flames shooting five or six feet into the air. One of the deputies, Garrett Parrish, noticed a person barely hanging out of it and said he could hear him screaming for help as they opened their door.“As I get close to the vehicle, the fire was so hot that you could feel the hair on your arms kind of start to burn off,” Vasquez said.“He had the seat belt around his neck and his upper torso,” Parrish said. “And I realized that not only was he in the car trapped but the whole right side of him was on fire.
They tried to use a pocketknife to cut his seatbelt. When that didn’t work, they made a mad dash for a fire extinguisher from their car.The crash happened at about 1 a.m. A witness had called 911 to report he heard a crash. The car allegedly hit a tree in the median while the driver negotiated a curve.First on the scene, the deputies knew there was no time to wait for a firetruck and their fire extinguisher would have to do.EMS arrived and quickly assessed his injuries.
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