Police work is unpredictable. One minute, an officer is checking traffic; the next, they’re staring down life-or-death chaos.
And on a summer night in Massachusetts, one patrolman showed the nation what it means to wear the badge with honor — sprinting into a fiery wreck to save a man’s life with only seconds to spare.
A routine call turns into a nightmare
Patrolman Brendan Fayles of the Foxborough Police Department was on duty the night of July 25 when dispatch reported a vehicle that had crashed into a home on South Street. Smoke. Possible fire. Unknown injuries.
When he arrived, the scene was pure chaos. A car had plowed into a house so hard it woke the family — including their toddler — from sleep. Smoke was already rising, and flames were starting to creep up the wreckage. Inside that mangled vehicle, someone was trapped.
“The airbags had gone off; we couldn’t see in the car,” one homeowner told WBZ-TV. “We saw smoke and almost immediately a flame picked up. We knew somebody had to be in there.”
The family stood helpless as Fayles jumped into action.
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