Dad who pulled driver from burning car honored

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One of Alfonso Rodriguez's first thoughts as he climbed into a flaming car to rescue a motorist who had crashed on Highway 101 was: Why am I climbing into a flaming car?

Followed by: I better hurry up.

Rodriguez recalled the moment after he and his 14-year-old son received a commendation from the California Highway Patrol on Friday. The two had worked to free a San Francisco man from a car engulfed in flames on March 13, moments after it spun out on northbound Highway 101 near the Interstate 280 interchange.

Rodriguez was driving with his three children to attend San Francisco's St. Patrick's Day parade that Saturday, an afternoon jaunt from their San Jose home.



Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/08/28/BA521F4H83.DTL&tsp=1#ixzz0xv5OMBTj

(The rest of the story is really touching. This man is a real hero.)