Daniel R. McKercher rescued Marita G. Wilson and helped to rescue Herman W. Wilson from burning, Anna, Ohio, May 12, 1985. Mrs. Wilson, 53, and her husband, 57, were trapped in the burning cab of their tractor-trailer after a highway accident. Witnessing the accident, McKercher, 31, quality control foreman, ran to the truck, where he broke out the windshield and extinguished flames on Wilson. He then bent the driver’s door away from the cab, pulled Mrs. Wilson through the opening, and dragged her to safety as flames and heat increased. McKercher then helped another man remove Wilson from the cab and drag him to safety before the cab was enveloped in flames. Mrs. Wilson sustained third-degree burns and other serious injuries; her husband died of his burns the next day. 60753-7057
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