The heroic teen who rescued an officer from his burning cruiser in early November was featured on the Ellen show Wednesday.
Joe Chambers, a 17-year-old volunteer firefighter, saw the burning cruiser, sprinted into action and rescued the 30-year-old officer, Mark Kimsey, who was trapped in his car.
"He was all disoriented, he didn’t know where he was," said Chambers. I said ‘your car is on fire,’ and he was, like, just staring at me. And I was like ‘I’m gonna get you out.’”
" ... I tried to open the door and the door wasn’t opening, so I’m like, 'I’m going to have to get you out through the window,' and he just threw his arms out and I just dragged him out,” he continued.
Kimsey was responding to a priority call around 5:35 a.m. Nov. 8 when a truck collided with his cruiser in Gray’s Ferry. The cruiser burst into flames and the door was dented and jammed shut.
Chambers and his neighbor, Dante Johnson, rushed to the officer.
"I saw that it was a cop car," Chambers said. "Right then I just started sprinting and did what I had to do."
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"He's my hero, by far," said Kimsey, who suffered head trauma and burns to his legs. "If he wouldn't have pulled me out of that car, I'd still be sitting in it."
