Staff Sergeant Cory Hinkle saving the world

Eggs sends us a link to the story of Staff Sergeant Cory Hinkle, a Guardsman from North Carolina who was driving home from work when he witnessed a head-on collision in front of him;

An Iraq combat veteran, Hinkle didn’t think twice about running toward the car that was smoking.

“My instinct and training tells me that a smoke means there’s going to be a fire, and a car has gasoline in it,” Hinkle said.

As he approached the vehicle, 28-year-old Brandy Guin was trying to get herself out, but couldn’t walk because her ankle was broken. Guin, a mother of two, is still in the hospital but told us Thursday afternoon she might not be here if it weren’t for Hinkle.

Hinkle helped her to safety on the side of the road, but the rescue wasn’t over yet.

“As the fire started to spread in my car, the shocks started to explode and hot debris was flying everywhere,” Guin said, “He shielded me with his body and said ‘It’s going to have to go through me to get to you.’”

Hinkle laid his body beside Guin to keep the debris from hitting her body.

A piece of metal hit him on his ankle, leaving it bruised and swollen.

Category: Real Soldiers