Army football player Larry Pickett Jr . rescued a man from a burning vehicle in Fort Montgomery, N.Y. early Sunday morning, the program confirmed to CBS Sports. According to the Fort Montgomery Fire Department , the vehicle struck a utility pole on Route 9W and became fully engulfed in flames. Firefighters responded to the accident and extinguished the blaze.

According to Pickett's father, Larry Pickett, the sophomore safety from Raleigh, N.C. ran toward the burning vehicle despite the downed power lines crackling around it. He then pulled the man from the vehicle and moved him out of harm's way before the flames fully erupted.

"Thank you Jesus that this man will live to see another day!" Pickett posted on social media . "I am so grateful for my son LJ for saving his life! Not onl

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