While trying
to pull the driver out of the car Lt.
Jason McNally fell 30 feet into a river after descending across the hood of a
burning vehicle
Rhonda Nagy, 54, was traveling west in a Volvo on
Beachline Expressway at 6:40 a.m., Florida Highway Patrol Sergeant Kim Montes said.
Nagy was struck from behind by a Honda driven by Zachary Daniels, causing her
vehicle to catch blaze.
McNally stopped his vehicle and rushed to the car, which was next
to the concrete barrier. He slid across the hood to get to the woman who was
stuck inside. As he and Daniels tried to help Nagy get out of her burning car,
the two men fell into the river, reported Montes.
After they swam shorewards, they ran back to check if Nagy was
still in the car. But someone else had fetched her out.
Neither of the men was hurt. Nagy suffered only minor injuries.
McNally credits Daniels, 30, of Rockledge for helping.
“He deserves more credit than I do because I’m trained for this,”
he said. “I don’t have to think about it; I just react. He had to make a
conscious decision to put himself in harm’s way for something he’s never been
trained for.” Without any Fire Fighting Equipment, Daniel took the risk
and that’s really worth admiring.
“I never thought I’d be
floating down a river,” McNally said with a laugh.
Source: https://www.firerescue1.com/firefighter-heroes/articles/378178018-Off-duty-fire-Lt-falls-off-bridge-while-saving-woman-from-crash/
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