Staff Sergeant Jeremy Samuels saving the world

Chief Tango sends us a link to DVIDS which reports that SSG Jeremy Samuels, a medic with the 160th Specials Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR), was awarded the Soldiers Medal for his actions on August 2, last year when he encountered a three vehicle accident on his drive near Fort Campbell;

Without hesitation, Samuels parked his vehicle and sprinted toward one of the vehicles, ignoring the 2-foot-high flames projecting from the engine compartment.

Samuels attempted to open the door of the burning vehicle, but because of the its extensive damage, the door wouldn’t budge. As the flames grew higher and started spreading across the rest of the vehicle, Samuels used a closed pocketknife to strike the window until it shattered and removed the female passenger from the flame-engulfed vehicle.

Samuels used his advanced medical training to assess the passengers from each of the three vehicles and applied first-aid treatment to those who needed it; ignoring wounds he sustained while extracting the first passenger.