A FDNY lieutenant jumped into action when he and his wife came across a car that was engulfed in flames – with the driver trapped inside – in Brooklyn early Saturday.
The couple was driving home to Breezy Point from a friend’s house in Staten Island with their son and daughter, 7 and 6, around 3 a.m. when two cars went speeding past them on the Belt Parkway, FDNY Lt. Richard Cannon said.
Then, as the couple approached the Bay Parkway exit, they saw the BMW and Corvette had crashed in the middle of the highway, leaving the Corvette in flames.
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Cannon’s training kicked in and he ran to the driver’s side of the car.
“I tried to get the victim out of the front seat, but that side of the car had damage to it and I couldn’t get the door open,” said the 43-year-old, whose been with the department for half his life. “The fire was continuing to grow. So I went to the passenger seat and reached over and unbuckled the victim.”