Maggio and Maj. Tyrone Vargas helped the driver from the burning rig before realizing that a crumpled Honda was pinned under the truck and rapidly becoming engulfed in flames.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s when we all rushed to aid the trapped driver of the car,\u201d said Maj. Steve Kwon, who was visiting UCLA from Fort Knox, Ky., according to a university news release. \u201cThe fire was already burning and was picking up flames.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Soon, someone arrived with a battery-powered saw. One of the soldiers cut through the obstacles another pulled the driver from the wreck.<\/p>\n
\u201cWithin 30 seconds, the entire vehicle was engulfed in flames,\u201d Kwon said.<\/p>\n
The driver was transported to UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center with third-degree burns. The soldiers planned to walk across campus to visit and check in on his recovery, officials said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI truly believe they saved his life,\u201d California Highway Patrol Sgt. Jose Ahumada told KTLA. \u201cTo them, we say thank you very much.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The soldiers credit their success with their military training.<\/p>\n
Vargas, a 22-year veteran, said he\u2019s been drilling it into the cadets to make decisions and be leaders that others will follow. The day after the crash, he said, a cadet approached him after seeing video of the rescue.<\/p>\n
\u201cGood job,\u201d the cadet said. \u201cYou walk the walk.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Stars& Stripes reports that the staff of the UCLA ROTC detachment were all in a minivan … UCLA ROTC instructors saving the world<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":79267,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[130],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-real-soldiers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=79266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79266\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/79267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=79266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=79266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=79266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ROTC-500x333.jpg\")
<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n