Hero Acclaimed For Saving Man In Stafford Car Fire [VIDEO]

STAFFORD, CT — Town officials have hailed a Good Samaritan as a hero after he bravely pulled a motorist out of a car which had just exploded and caught fire in early November.

Edward Cyr was heading out to dinner with his wife around 6:50 p.m. on Nov. 1, traveling southbound on Route 32 just past the Charles P. Holt Memorial Fountain, when they witnessed a northbound car explode and burst into flames. Surveillance video mounted on top of nearby Town Hall, released Wednesday by the Stafford Fire Department, shows Cyr immediately ran from his car toward the burning vehicle and pulled the driver to safety, Chief David Lucia said.

The driver, 61-year-old Glenwood Little of Ashford, joined town officials in a ceremony proclaiming Cyr as a hero.

Surveillance video of the explosion, fire and rescue from a camera atop Stafford Town Hall (Stafford Fire Department No. 1)

Edward Cyr was feted for his bravery at a ceremony with town officials and the man he saved, Glenwood Little. (Stafford Fire Department No. 1)