A police officer and an off-duty fireman in Arizona helped save a woman from a burning car in dramatic bodycam footage.
“He came upon the crash, broke the window with his baton, and — with the help of an off-duty Peoria firefighter — pulled the woman to safety. This is the kind of dedication and bravery our officers bring to the job every day,” the post read.
The truck, which was leaning over on its side, then fell back on all four tires, before Larison spotted that there was an off-duty fireman with “all his retardant gear on” but no truck around.
“And so I go up and I’m like, ‘Dude, go get her! Get her out!’ “Larison explained in the video, adding, “So he got her out of the truck.”
Bodycam footage shows a police officer and off-duty fireman saving a woman from a burning car in Arizona.Chandler Police
Chandler Police
“I picked her legs up, he grabbed her torso. We walked her to the median to get her away from the fire. She was just you know, hysterical as anybody would be,” he continued in the clip.
“I’m glad you’re here brother,” the officer told the off-duty fireman, as he insisted, “Bro, I was just going to work.”
Larison added to reporters in the clip, “My thought was, ‘She’s not dying.’ "
A woman is saved from a burning car in dramatic bodycam footage.Chandler Police
ABC15 Arizonaidentified the woman as Aymee Ruiz, who told the outlet, “I thought I was going to burn alive in there … It was so hard just living in that kind of fear and having to depend on others to try and rescue you.”
The accident occurred after a cement truck hit the woman’s Nissan pickup before it rolled over, perFox 10 Phoenix.
“The rear lights of the truck actually turned clockwise, and I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, this thing is rolling,' " he added of the accident, per the outlet.
“There was a female still trapped inside in the driver’s seat and the back of the truck was just engulfed in flames,” Larison recalled.
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The outlet identified the firefighter as Asa Paguia, who was on his way to work at the Peoria Fire Department.
“My contract says payable with my life, if necessary,” Larison told the station. “Just know we’re not just putting the badge on and going to work, you know? We’re human beings, we have emotions and our job is every one of you to make sure you’re okay.”
The woman was taken to hospital and is expected to make a full recovery, Fox 10 Phoenix reported.
source: people.com
