The red helicopter was dropping steadily into a collision course with Highway 50, an 8-lane interstate dotted with commuters and travelers near Sacramento, California’s capitol city.

Fortunately, when the REACH Air Medical Services chopper with three passengers did crash, there were drivers down below who would quickly transform into heroes.

A dramatic video soon blanketed the local news outlets showing over a dozen good Samaritans who had left their vehicles to see if they could help.

Together, they rallied to lift one side of the helicopter, freeing at least one of the three crash victims, as first responders reached the scene at 7:00 p.m. on Monday.

Kenneth De Crescenzo, whose wife captured the video, was one of the citizens who sprung into action. He described the events in an inte

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