FedEx driver helps rescue man from burning car: 'I did what I think anybody would do'

FedEx driver Jonathan Rohrbach said his co-workers and friends have been hailing him as a hero, though he doesn't consider himself one. 'I just happen to be the right guy in the right place at the right time.'

Jonathan Rohrbach at the scene of a car crash on Interstate 15 in San Diego on July 26, 2023.Jonathan Rohrbach was about halfway through his overnight shift, driving a FedEx semi along a Southern California highway early Wednesday, when he noticed something he doesn't usually come across on his run -- a car on fire at the edge of the road.

"I pulled over, grabbed my phone and the fire extinguisher in our trucks and ran back to the car," Rohrbach, 41, said. "My first thought was, use a fire extinguisher and try to put out the fire the best I could." "By then, the fire had already started to build back up and the whole engine compartment was back on fire again. The car itself was starting to fill with smoke and everything," Rohrbach said.Rohrbach used the flashlight on his phone to see if there were any other passengers in the car before returning back to the driver.

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