Soldier rescues 4 people

ROS sent us a link about Joemari Ortiz, a young PFC in Charlie Company, 636th Military Intelligence Battalion of the Texas National Guard who charged across the street and into a van which was about to burst to burst into flames and rescued four people from that fate;

“I knew at any moment it could explode,” said Ortiz. “I wanted to get those people out of there before it happened.”

Ortiz ran across the street, rounded up help, knocked out the windows, cut seat belts, and got everyone out just seconds before the van was engulfed in flames.

Ortiz says people told him later that he said, “‘Come with me, go over there, do that.’ I just remember getting them out there and getting them somewhere safe.”

While everyone is praising Ortiz for his courageous actions, wanna know who he credits?

Ortiz says he is not the hero; it is the U.S. Army.

“I’m just glad to be in the Army,” he said. “The experience, it really changes how a person thinks (and) acts.”

The article says that Ortiz joined the Army when he was 16, I don’t know what that’s about, but his profile is in the Army Knowledge Online database.

Category: Real Soldiers