Officers Victor Celis and Cory Correia did not think twice before they rescued David Brooks from his burning car two months ago. For that, they’ve received a prestigious award Thursday.

Celis and Correia were dispatched April 29 to the 900 block of South 96th Street for a single-car crash. A car had struck a pole and fence, with its engine compartment fully engulfed in flames, according to the Tacoma Police Department.

Brooks had been driving the vehicle and was still inside when the officers arrived.

“The only thing I remember at that point was I came back to senses, or whatever it might have been, noticing that my airbag had deployed, my car’s on fire and I pressed my panic alarm,” Brooks told The News Tribune at a ceremony held to honor Celis and Correia. “The operator comes on and

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