Middle School Teacher Wheelchair-Bound Man from Burning Van

“[Sica-Leonard] immediately stopped [and] approached the burning vehicle … at great personal risk to injury,” the post continued.

“When I saw it, I asked him if he was struck. He said ‘No. I’m handicapped. I need my chair.’ So I grabbed his chair, helped him get in and then moved away from the vehicle,” she told NBC Connecticut.The MFRE later determined the fire had occurred as a result of a fuel tank rupture and laterHelmet camera perspective from the initial fire attack for the car fire on I-384 yesterday.

John’s daughter has reportedly been in touch with Sica-Leonard and let her know that her father is doing well. “Truly her seconds of quick-thinking literally saved this man,” Gordon Macmillan of the MFRE told the outlet. “Hero’s a word we use kind of lightly in today’s society, but this was truly a heroic event, this woman saving this man’s life.”

As a paraplegic myself, this is great news! Glad someone helped him!

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