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RAMOS, from page 1___________
was behind a big rig and I saw a car slow-
ing down and what I thought was a dust
cloud was in fact the small sedan flying
in the air toward the barrier on the left
shoulder of the freeway.
“The back rear tire had blown out and
caused the accident. The car, thankfully,
stayed upright and on the southbound
side of traffic. If it had gone over the bar- him down.
rier onto the northbound side of traffic,
the passengers may not have walked away
alive from it.”
Ramos, without hesitation, jumped
out of his car and raced to assist the four
passengers that were still buckled in the
damaged car. A bystander in a tow truck
grabbed his fire extinguisher and put out
the smoke that was coming from the car
while Ramos began to assess the scene
and help the passengers.
“The two passengers in the front had
minor scratches; I was still able to get
them out in no time,” said Ramos. “As
for the other two passengers in the back,
it was much harder to get them out be-
cause both doors were smashed in, and I
was unable to pry the doors open myself.”
Ramos began to look over the car to see
if there was another entry point to reach
the passengers that were still inside.
“I noticed that the sunroof in the car
was completely broken, so I knew I could
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Senior Airman Edward Ramos, United States Air Force Weapons School command section
administrator, poses in front of the USAFWS building at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., April
4. Ramos assisted four passengers who were in a car wreck on March 25.
jump through,” said Ramos. “Once I was
in the car, I unbuckled both seatbelts of
the passengers. One of them was okay to
move, so I told him that he would have to
crawl out the sunroof, and I would help
“When only one passenger was left
in the car, an off-duty fireman came to
the side of the door and asked me what
injuries the guy had. The passenger let me the tow-truck guy grabbed a 4-foot medal
know that his arm was banged up and his
lower back hurt. At that moment, the off-
duty fireman informed me not to touch
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U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Nathan Byrnes maybe 30 minutes and we spent another
20 minutes waiting for CHP to arrive. It
was an intense situation that was handled
with the upmost care by everyone in-
volved. I couldn’t be happier that no one
was seriously injured.”
him and to wait for (California Highway
Patrol) and ambulances to arrive.” Once the situation was over Ramos
called to let his supervisor know what
Ramos and the others took it upon had happened and his reaction was un-
themselves to try and get the door open expected.
before ambulances or firefighters showed
up so that they could get him out faster “I was at dinner when I received the
once they arrived. call and I just said ‘see you on Monday,’
stated Staff Sgt. Richard Garcia, USAFWS
“To pry open the back passenger door, NCO in charge of the command section.
“I wasn’t shocked; it was nothing short of
rod from his truck, and we proceeded to what I expect of him. He does exceptional
get the door open. We finally got the door things at work already and doing things
off before the County Fire Department that we don’t expect of him. It didn’t sur-
showed up. The whole situation took prise me because that is the type of person
he is and I’m really proud of him.”
Garcia stated that even though Ramos
didn’t have to use the training that the Air
Force provides like Self-Aid Buddy Care
in this particular situation it still played
a role, as the training one receives in the
Air Force instills that initiative to jump
in and help.
When Ramos was faced with this
situation he could have just drove on by
and continued on his way home. Instead,
he put the well-being of others ahead of
himself and became a real-life hero to
those four passengers that night.
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