SUNRISE, Fla. – Tow truck driver Isaiah Habersham said he was just trying to help when he risked his life to save a stranger from a burning car.
Habersham was driving Monday on Sunrise Boulevard, preparing to get on Florida's Turnpike, when he saw the car on fire.
Habersham and another bystander pulled over, looked inside the car and realized there was a man unconscious in the driver's seat.
"We tried knocking on the window to get him to open the door," Habersham said. "Nothing."
Habersham said he went back to his truck to get an ax, which he used to smash the window and pull the unconscious man out.
"I don't want nobody to burn alive," Habersham said. "I can't live with that."
The driver had regained consciousness by the time paramedics arrived and was taken to Broward Health North in serious condition.
Habersham said he doesn't consider himself a hero. He said saving the driver helped to put his own life into perspective.
"He saved my life because I was thinking about a whole bunch of negative stuff that day, so he kind of saved me," Habersham said.