Jamie Foxx On Rescuing A Stranger From A Fiery Carwreck: "I Don't Think Of It As Heroic"
Posted on Wed Jan 20th, 2016 10:45am PDT By X17 Staff
That's what heroes always say!
Jamie Foxx is downplaying his role in rescuing a man from a burning vehicle, but we think the actor should take credit for saving the man's life! The Ray star cut 32-year-old Brett Kyle out of his seatbelt and pulled him from his car just moments before it was engulfed in flames.
"I don't think of it as heroic. I climbed in and I try to hit his seat belt but he's huddled over it so I grab the scissors and cut the seatbelt. We cut if off from his neck and then, as the flames do come into the cabin, I lean back. I think what (the seatbelt) did, it hit his legs which made him extend and when he extends, he extends out of the cabin. We pull him out and as we pull him out, within five seconds later, the truck goes up," he told ABC 7.
Brett Kyle's father couldn't be more appreciative of the A-lister saving his son's life, either! "It doesn't matter to me who it was or what they do for a living. Just the idea that someone would do that is so much more than I could fathom," Brad Kyle told reporters.
Foxx shared a photo of himself and Brad Kyle on Instagram, and his caption shows he's a real class act. "Met the father of the young man from last night today. This is all that matters. That a man, a son, a brother's life was spared last night. God had his arms wrapped around all of us... No heroes... Just happy fathers," he wrote.
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