Brave Teen Chases Down Burning SUV To Save Life of Mother and Her Three Children Inside
By Amanda Thomason
Published September 15, 2020 at 12:25pm
On Sept. 9, 18-year-old Justin Gavin was walking to a Walgreens in Waterbury, Connecticut. As he walked along, something terrifying happened.
A small SUV on fire drove by as other drivers honked at it. Gavin joined in, yelling at the car to stop.
“I’m yelling, ‘Stop the car! Your car is on fire! Your car is on fire!'” he recalled to CNN.
The car didn’t stop immediately, but Gavin chased after it and when it finally did stop, he was there to help.
Once he pulled the female driver out, he also rescued her three children aged 1, 4 and 9. The youngest was still in a car seat, but he managed.
Later on, he said he’d been scared and wondered if the car was going to explode, but that didn’t stop him from jumping into action.
“It kind of got scary because I didn’t know whether I was going to be able to get everyone out in time,” he said. “And luckily, I did.”
Poster Comment:
This black kid was brave and in the right spot to save lives.
When I worked for State of Illinois, I was out on Night Patrol. I just finished eating breakfast at the Denny's near where I lived.
When I came out of the restaurant, there was a car at the red light that caught fire. The driver bailed out with his stuff.
I pulled up behind it and called it in. A couple minutes later a cop pulled up. He got so close to the car the flames almost singed the hair off his head.
I open the truck door and stepped out on the fuel tank and hollered at him, "There's no one in there. He went over to the restaurant." The cop wanted to be a hero. ;)