CBS New York
EAST MORICHES, N.Y. — A Long Island good Samaritan was being hailed for his bravery Tuesday night, after rescuing a couple from a burning car.
As CBS 2’s Jennifer McLogan reported, the flames seemed to explode out of the car’s engine in the accident early Tuesday morning, leaping into the night sky from a wooded area of East Moriches off the westbound Sunrise Highway.
The fire erupted mere moments after a Long Island good Samaritan risked his life to pull two strangers to safety. “They were in shock,” said the good Samaritan, volunteer firefighter Joe Tortorice. “I really couldn’t see his face, it was covered in blood. She was screaming the whole time, she was in pain.”
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