Published July 18, 2022 11:41am EDT
Video shows NYC firefighter get trapped under SUV during rescue before bystanders save him
The NYFD firefighter was taken to a hospital after he helped get people out of the vehicle
By Ronn Blitzer | Fox News
A car crash that left a responding firefighter with a broken leg could have been far worse if not for the fireman's heroics and those of several onlookers.
First responders arrived on the scene of the accident in midtown Manhattan Sunday afternoon, finding a black BMW SUV on top of a white Volvo sedan that it was crushing. While firefighter Ryan Warnock was rescuing a passenger from the SUV, it suddenly moved forward and tipped over onto him.
"As members from Rescue 1 tried to brace and stabilize the car on top and remove the occupants inside, the driver of one of the vehicles hit the gas and caused a car to fall and pin firefighter Ryan Warnock below," Acting Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh said in a statement.
Video and eyewitness accounts revealed that bystanders and other firefighters immediately rushed to help, lifting the BMW SUV up long enough for Warnock to be freed from under the SUV.
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