ATHENS, Ga. — A police officer in Georgia put his life on the line during a daring attempt to save a man from a burning car and caught it all on his body cam.
When Athens-Clarke County police officer Dan Whitney responded to a car wreck on August 18, he found the car in flames and a man trapped inside. Sadly the person who made the 911 call did not try to help the trapped man.
The video shows the officer attempt to put the fire out with a fire extinguisher from his car but it does not work. The man in the car is seen hanging out of the door window and the officer was eventually able to pull the door out enough and grab the man.
The driver of the car died at the time of the accident. According to the police department, other officers who arrived after the rescue described the heat of the fire as unbearable from 50 feet away.
Watch the heroic police officer below: