Tech. Sergeant Justin Mahana saving the world

Dennis – not chevy sends us a link to Airforce.mil about Tech. Sergeant Justin Mahana of the 823rd Maintenance Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, where he’s a support section chief. A few weeks ago, he witnessed a single car accident and as the car burst into flames, Mahana, thought quickly and saved the woman inside;

“I checked the passenger and back seats to see if there was anybody else in the car — there wasn’t — so I finally just hooked my arm around her and pretty much just yanked her out and got her away from the car,” Mahana said. “I don’t think she would’ve gotten out of the car on her own because she was in shock and just didn’t know what was going on.”

As the first responders arrived on scene, the fire grew worse, but Mahana was only focused on consoling the middle-aged woman he had just pulled from the burning vehicle.

“I was trying to keep her from going further into shock,” he said. “There was tons of smoke and the smell of burning plastic was bad.”

After being thanked by the first responders, Mahana was back on the road.

“I help out wherever I can; it’s just the way I was raised,” Mahana said. “I don’t do anything for the recognition; it’s just because it’s the right thing to do. Whatever is written up about this whole thing is going to be more than I expected and really more than I wanted.”

Category: Real Soldiers