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Sergeant Brett Neal with Governor-General The Right Honourable Dame Patsy Reddy.
“I could see the driver slumped over the steering wheel and the flames were coming in over the bonnet into his face. I tried to rouse him but couldn’t, so Erin got a fire extinguisher, but it wasn’t enough,” he said.

“I thought, the only way this man is going to survive is if I put myself between him and the flames.

[…] “It was getting quite hot – the flames were going over me and across the ceiling of the car,” Neal said.

“I could see his legs were starting to steam, so I wrapped myself around his chest and face, and waited for the fire service to turn up.”

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Sergeant Brett Neal with Governor-General The Right Honourable Dame Patsy Reddy.

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