FORT MONTGOMERY, N.Y. (AP) — An Army football player and his father pulled a man from a crashed car just before it burst into flames near the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, earning praise from the institution for “heroic" and “selfless” actions.

Video of the daring rescue early Sunday showed sophomore safety Larry Pickett Jr. and his father, Larry Pickett Sr., grabbing the man out of the driver's seat and carrying him away from the vehicle.

At one point, a woman could be heard screaming: “Larry! Come on! Come on! Get him out!”

The car, a white sedan, had smashed into a utility pole on Route 9W in Fort Montgomery, New York, about 4 miles (6 kilometers) from West Point, authorities said. Video of the rescue, recorded by Pickett Jr.'s sister, Lauren, showed sparking wires surrounding

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