Arizona Hero Pulls Two Toddlers From Burning Car Seconds Before It Explodes

Arizona Hero Pulls Two Kids From Burning Car Seconds Before It Explodes

An Arizona man heroically rescued two young girls from the back of a burning vehicle on the side of a highway moments before it exploded.

Sam Heiler, 30, told Fox News that he was traveling to a Memorial Day Weekend destination with his wife on a remote highway in Navajo County when the engine in the car ahead of them caught fire.

Both cars pulled over and Heiler said the parents of the two toddlers jumped out of the front seat. But when they closed their doors behind them, the car instantly locked and they were unable to get the children out of the back seat.

 

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“The parents were freaking out, screaming and punching the windows with their bare hands, both the back windows in front of the babies,” Heiler said.

Heiler, realizing the need to act quickly, picked up a rock from the side of the road and hurled it at the front window, breaking the glass so the doors could be opened from the inside.

Once the doors were opened, Melissa said her husband unbuckled the girls and helped their parents get them out of the car. They all retreated to the Heiler’s car, which was pulled over about 30 feet away. “When the fire hit the fuel tank it made a legitimate fireball explosion,” recalled Heiler.

Dramatic footage after the blast shows the vehicle roasting on the roadside, completely engulfed in flames. Both toddlers are doing fine thanks to the heroic deed.