WATERBURY, Conn. — An 18-year-old man is being hailed as a hero after pulling a mother and her three young children from a burning vehicle in Connecticut.
Justin Gavin had just stepped off of a city bus on Sept. 9 and was walking down the street when an SUV passed him with flames shooting from underneath, according to the Republican-American newspaper.
The vehicle, which had lost its brakes, came to rest in a nearby parking lot, the newspaper reported.
Gavin ran to the scene and pulled a 1-year-old, a 4-year-old and a 9-year-old from the backseat. He also helped the mother in the driver’s seat unfasten her seat belt and escorted her away from the fiery vehicle as it burst into flames.
