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A Tampa TSA Director Saved A Woman From A Burning Car

Mar 14, 2013, 23:40 IST

TSAThe flaming car in question, after Flaherty and another passerby pulled its driver to safety.With all the bad press the Transportation Security Administration gets, it's understandable that it likes to make a big deal out of its accomplishments.

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But this one is pretty good: According to the TSA blog, Tampa International Airport Deputy Assistant Federal Security Director Jim Flaherty helped save a woman from a burning car.

While driving, Flaherty stopped when he came across a car that had crashed into a group of trees and caught on fire:

Jim and another passerby parked their cars and ran to the automobile to assist the driver. The driver’s side door was wedged against a tree and the driver was screaming that her leg was broken.

They needed to act fast, so Jim – a 20-year veteran NYC police detective and a U.S. Army Veteran along with the passerby ran to the passenger’s side to free the woman’s leg and pull her from the car. Like a scene out of Hollywood blockbuster, the car was completely engulfed in flames after they carried her away.

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Here's Flaherty, the TSA hero:

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