Sheriff’s captain details heroic rescue of teens from wreck

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The DeSoto County Sheriff’s captain who jumped into action after witnessing a wreck and saving two teenage girls spoke with WREG about the heroic rescue.

The man who got the girls to safety is Captain Johnathon Bigham.

“That situation, I was in the right place at the right time with the right training,” Bigham said.

Captain Bigham recalled the moment before the crash that occurred last Friday around 8 a.m. He said when he was driving, he saw the SUV wreck.

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