DORAL, Fla. – On Friday, a Good Samaritan who went out of his way to save a woman who had been struck by a drunk driver in Miami was honored by Miami-Dade Fire Rescue.
According to officials, cameras captured the moment the Good Samaritan, Jorge Rodriguez, came to help Alva Alonso after she was hit by a drunk driver and pinned between two cars on Nov. 20 while getting a blanket out of the trunk of her car.
Once Alonso was struck by the vehicle, Rodriguez rushed to her aid, and had the drunk driver who was responsible give him his shirt so he could make a tourniquet to stop the bleeding from her leg.
Rodriguez lives out of his car and happened to be at the scene of the accident at the right moment in time.
At the ceremony, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue honored Rodriguez for his heroic actions with a medal and department coin.