{"id":14786,"date":"2017-01-23T17:18:55","date_gmt":"2017-01-23T17:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/georgiaarsoncontrol.org\/?p=14786"},"modified":"2017-01-23T17:18:55","modified_gmt":"2017-01-23T17:18:55","slug":"officer-saves-navy-vet-from-burning-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/georgiaarsoncontrol.org\/?p=14786","title":{"rendered":"Officer saves Navy vet from burning car"},"content":{"rendered":"

See footage of the rescue HERE\u203a\u203a<\/a><\/p>\n

(king5<\/a>) \u2013 SPOKANE, Wash. \u2013 A woman and Spokane Police officer spoke out Sunday about an incredible rescue the two were involved in Friday evening.<\/p>\n

Spokane Police Officer Tim Schwering\u00a0was first on scene to a vehicle fire where a woman, Kim Novak, was trapped inside. Officer Schwering said he was \u201cglad he was there at the time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Novak said she was driving home from the grocery store in her 2012 Chevy Malibu when she hit frozen slush in the road and it made a little bump. Then, the engine and lights shut off. Everything went pitch black and her car eventually came to a stop. Novak said she tried to start the car again with no luck. She then tried to get out of the car but because of the power locks, she was stuck.<\/p>\n

Novak then tried to make a call home but no one answered. As she was leaving a voicemail, she started to see a huge plume of smoke. That\u2019s when she decided to call 911.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt this time I\u2019m starting to hear crackling. I\u2019m realizing where there\u2019s smoke, there\u2019s fire and oh crap my car\u2019s now on fire,\u201d Novak explained.<\/p>\n

She was still on the phone with 911 when she started to see flames in front of the windshield that were at least a foot high. The dispatcher told her to try to break out the window.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got on my back and started kicking the windows with both of my feet with all my might. I kicked and kicked and I didn\u2019t even make a crack,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The dispatcher stayed on the phone with her. She hoped her neighbors heard her calls for help. Then she went to the back seat and started to try to break a window back there. She felt helpless.<\/p>\n

Then, Officer Schwering showed up. He told her it was going to be ok and he was going to get her out of there.<\/p>\n