Alexei Newell, Ranger, cancer survivor saving the world

WSPA reports that Alexei Newell was driving back to Georgia after seeing his oncologist in North Carolina when he passed a trailer truck which had crashed and pinned the driver. Newell stopped to help and ended up leading a rescue effort;

“The driver side door was pinned by the trailer because of the way it crashed and I went over to the passenger side and checked the door handles and couldn’t get in, tried to kick the window out and someone tossed me up a stick and I smashed it out like that,” Newell said.

Alexei says it was a team effort with one person using their fire extinguisher to put out the fire that had already started on the engine. Alexei was able to get tot he driver to keep him calm and alert.

“I found his phone and gave it to him so he could call his wife and then it turned into me keeping his wife calm so I told her, my name is Lex I’m in the truck with your husband right now and everything is gonna be fine,” Newell said.

Newell says that he was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma recently but that after successful treatment, he is now cancer-free, which is always good news. RLTW.

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