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As smoke billowed from car, Georgia high school football players save woman in crash

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Posted at 12:50 PM, Aug 17, 2022
and last updated 2022-08-17 15:21:33-04

A group of high school football players in Rome, Georgia, helped a woman out of a wrecked car billowing with smoke last week, the local police department said.

The crash happened in front of their school. Luis Goya, an educator with the school, told the police department that the door was jammed.

"While I was on the phone with the 911 dispatcher, the football players who witnessed the wreck ran to the car and started helping the lady,” he said. “They literally started using their strength to pry the door open, so the lady could be released. After a few seconds of pulling and pushing the door, the boys ended up opening it and helped her get out of the car.”

The players were identified as Cesar Parker, Treyvon Adams, Antwiion Carey, Messiah Daniels, Tyson Brown and Alto Moore.

USA Today reported that the woman was brought to a local hospital and was treated for cuts and bruises.

"A lot of people are calling us heroes — I feel we just did the right thing," Adams told “Today.” "We couldn't do anything different."