VIDEO: Good Samaritans pull 74-year-old man out of burning car in Clearwater

CLEARWATER, Fla. (WFLA) — A 74-year-old Clearwater man is lucky to be alive after good Samaritans helped pull him from his burning car on Friday.

It happened in front of a Little Caesars on Gulf-to-Bay Boulevard at around 2:30 p.m., when the man’s Porsche caught fire in one of the eastbound lanes. Authorities did not say what caused the fire.

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The man, unable to get himself out, was quickly trapped in the burning vehicle. Fortunately, two good Samaritans leapt into action.

“I didn’t really think about it. I just reacted,” said David Calderon, who helped pull the man out of the car…

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