Sometimes a simple twist of fate can lead to a miracle.
When Tammi Arrington traveled to Texas to visit a friend, she thought it would just be a simple vacation.
At least, that was until the car fire.
Tammi was helping a friend move into her new home. That morning, instead of running to Costco with her, Tammi said she stayed at the house.
For some reason, she went to look out the front window and that’s when she saw a car, the front of it in flames.
Inside was Dennis Brown.
Dennis told reporters that he was in the hand-control equipped rental car, one he had driven before. But he said suddenly it “seemed like the car was about to give out.”
And then the front end was in flames.
For Dennis it was a terrifying experience. He had been paralyzed from the waist down after being shot when was 22.
But suddenly a woman appeared outside.
Tammi said at first she didn’t see anyone in there.
“I just happened to see his head move just a little bit from the headrest and then I realized there was someone in there,” she said.
She said, ‘Get out of the car,’” Dennis said. “I said, ‘I can’t, I’m in a wheelchair.’”
After realizing she had no time to put his wheelchair together, the tiny 5-foot-3 woman grabbed Dennis and pulled him out of the car, lying him down. She put his wheelchair together and got him in it.
Dennis Brown talks about the fire that engulfed his car. Photo from FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth/YouTube
Dennis said she was gone before he could get her name. He said he wanted to thank her, but when he went back to the house, she was gone already.
“I didn’t give a proper thank you,” he said.
So, in an attempt to find her, he gave an interview on his local news station.
“I’d like to appreciate her for her heroic act,” Dennis said.
“She went into harm’s way to save me. Dragged me out. I’d like to thank her.”
Tammi managed to get in touch with Dennis after the report aired.
“The first thing I said was, ‘Tammi, this is Dennis, the guy in the wheelchair,’” Dennis said. “We started laughing, man, we just started laughing.”
Dennis Brown’s rental car caught fire and a stranger showed up to save him. Photo from FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth/YouTube
Brown plans on taking Arrington and her friend out to dinner the next time she’s in town along with Brown’s appreciative mother, Julia.
But Arrington doesn’t think she deserves much, if any, credit for her heroics.
“I’m glad he’s OK,” Arrington said, later adding, “Any human response — I think if they saw that, they would have done the same thing.”
Watch below for the miraculous rescue!
