{"id":15477,"date":"2017-12-11T12:02:05","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T17:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/georgiaarsoncontrol.org\/?p=15477"},"modified":"2017-12-11T12:04:20","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T17:04:20","slug":"police-body-cam-video-shows-rescue-from-life-threatening-car-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/georgiaarsoncontrol.org\/?p=15477","title":{"rendered":"Atlanta Police body cam video shows rescue from life-threatening car fire"},"content":{"rendered":"

(KSAT<\/a>) \u2013 In the middle of the night, under an Atlanta overpass, five police officers fought for one thing. Time.<\/p>\n

You feel and sense their desperation and determination through the body camera Officer Michael Skillman was wearing.<\/p>\n

Just watching it your heart accelerates and you can sense a prickle of adrenaline.<\/p>\n

A car with two men inside has slammed into a bridge abutment, flames pour from under the hood. The doors are jammed and Officer Skillman\u2019s fire extinguisher empties \u2014 with no effect.<\/p>\n

On the video, screams from those inside mix with the officer\u2019s shouts for them to get out. He attacks the car\u2019s windows with his baton trying to open an escape.<\/p>\n

\u2018This was really real and we had to act fast\u2019<\/h3>\n

Officer Bill Brooks took it all in as he and three other backup officers arrived.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me it was one of the most traumatic scenes I have ever been on,\u201d Brooks said.<\/p>\n

Officer Elijah McCall admits he had expected to find a simple accident.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost of the time we get calls and it is not as bad as people usually say it is, but yeah, once we arrived on the scene, we realized this was really real and we had to act fast,\u201d said McCall.<\/p>\n

McCall, Brooks as well as officers Derek Daniel and Andre Valentine joined the battle to break into the burning car.<\/p>\n

Frustration<\/h3>\n

They succeed \u2014 only to find the victims\u2019 legs trapped beneath the dashboard and the officers have no tools to free them.<\/p>\n

All Brooks felt was frustration.<\/p>\n

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