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- Gunnery Sergeant Wetter was
traveling behind this person

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and immediately pulled over

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to the side of the road to render aid.

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At this point, there was vegetation

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that was also burning
adjacent to the vehicle.

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Gunnery Sergeant Wetter came in

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and made contact with
the wife of the vehicle

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and she said, "My baby's in the back."

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- At that point, I seen the dad go around

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to the passenger side of the car

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to try to get the baby out of the car.

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That's when I jumped in
the back seat of the car

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to try to help the dad get the baby out.

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At that point is when
I used my pocket knife

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to cut the car seat belts

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that was holding the
baby's seat into the car

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so the dad could get the car seat out.

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That's when the dad got
the baby out of the car.

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I grabbed as many belongings
as I could from the,

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for the family as I was
going out the vehicle.

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Got away from the vehicle.
The car was too far gone.

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The fire department
wasn't even there yet so.

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It was five minutes in total

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and the car was fully engulfed in flames.

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So my initial feeling when
I first got out there,

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all right, no one's hurt, the
mom and dad got the two people

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who just got out of the vehicle.

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So at that point, I was like,

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I need to help her get
her baby out of the car.

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I was just a good person

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in the right place at the right time.

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What I would expect anybody to do

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in that moment is to help someone in need.

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I don't think I'm special by no means.

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I was just the person behind them

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that decided they wanna
help someone else in need.

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- His actions embody
honor, courage, commitment.

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It took tremendous courage
to go into a burning vehicle

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to aid this family and I truly believe

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if Gunnery Sergeant Wetter
didn't do his actions that day,

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that we'd have a different outcome

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for this child and the family.

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(fire whooshing)