🚒 Off-duty firefighter and paramedic Ed Durante was returning from a trip to buy an engagement ring when he witnessed a horrific car crash which left passengers unconscious with their vehicle ablaze 🔴 cahalmilmo reports:
Firefighter and paramedic Ed Durante was on his way to work from an unsuccessful trip to buy an engagement ring when he witnessed a horrific car crash on the A38 near Exeter. He and others subsequently rescued the five occupants of the burning car. Like so many others whose extraordinary courage is formally recognised today on behalf of the nation, Ed Durante did not think twice about taking action when a car crashed and burst into flames in front of him as he was driving to work.
For the firefighter, it was a horrifying turn to what should have been a joyful day. He had been driving to his hometown of Ivybridge, near Plymouth, after going shopping – unsuccessfully – for an engagement ring for his girlfriend. “I knew I didn’t have much time to spare – car fires escalate really quickly. Those in the front seats were in the most immediate danger and I knew I had to get them out first.”
Mr Durante returned to the blazing vehicle no fewer than four times, either solely or jointly rescuing one of the occupants each time. Within 30 seconds of bringing the last person, a 19-year-old man who also had to be pulled through the car because the doors on one side were jammed shut, the entire vehicle was engulfed in flames.
. The recipients will duly receive the last honours of their type – the Queen’s Gallantry Medal and the Queen’s Commendation for Bravery – of Elizabeth II’s reign.2019 terrorist attack at Fishmonger’ Hall
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