Group of strangers lift car off of woman trapped in Massachusetts, "I couldn't imagine the pain she felt"
LAWRENCE - A group of strangers worked together to save a woman who was trapped under a car in Lawrence, Massachusetts.
The woman, who was not identified, was delivering flowers on Bennington Street Thursday when she accidently left her car in drive, according to the fire department. When she got out of her car, the front tire rolled onto her leg and she was pinned underneath it.
Woman pinned under car
Her cries for help are what got everyone's attention. About a dozen people in the neighborhood ran to the car to help. Elvis Burgos and his dad were among them.
"It was one of those things I never thought I would see," Burgos told WBZ-TV. "She was saying in Spanish, 'Oh God, oh God, please help, oh God."
The rescue was captured on video.
"Who wouldn't do that you know? First instinct, it's the first thing you think about," Burgos said. "It was like the rush of the moment where she was screaming for help and she's grabbing on my leg and I'm just trying to lift up the car."
When the group and first responders heroically lifted the car off her, she was rushed to the hospital with injuries to her legs. The fire department said she will be ok.
"I couldn't imagine the pain she felt. The car weighed so much to be on one leg and an old lady, fragile bones and stuff," Burgos told WBZ.
"We're all a family here"
"A lot of people talk bad about Lawrence but in reality, we're all a family here," said witness Jenny Minaya.
"We're here for her, for anything. She can come back over here so that we can see that she's fine. Just pray to God that she's good."
"It's just the right thing to do so, I don't think I'm a hero," said Burgos. "We were like 15. I guess we all put in a little thing."