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dArKeR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 12:17 AM
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Passerby hailed as hero in Air France crash
As terrified passengers fled the burning Air France jet, Guy Ledez stood atop a muddy ravine, pulling survivors from the wreckage.
He then ran on board the burning wreckage of Flight 358 to make sure no one was left behind. The 37-year-old airport rental car manager says he didn't have time to stop and think of danger when he witnessed the crash during a routine Tuesday afternoon.

By Wednesday, his name had been widely circulated across Canada, as media hailed him as a hero who risked his life to save many stunned passengers, all of whom survived the doomed flight from Paris.

It began at around 4pm when he was driving along the airport road, parallel to the descending aircraft in a heavy storm that had prompted a "red alert" at Pearson International Airport on the outskirts of Toronto.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2005/08/05/2003266512

If this guy is of French ancestory you'll never see this story on FOX!
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