The certificate is “the highest award given by the Red Cross to individuals who save or sustain a life using skills learned in a Red Cross Training Services course and is signed by the President of the United States.”

Thomas stated that as he approached the accident on Highway 77 near Ashland, “I noticed a big fireball on the side of the road, and as I was approaching I was thinking to myself who in the world would be burning trash at 4:00 in the morning on the side of the road?” Thomas freed a trapped driver and called for help. He said, “I waited for the fire department to get there. I knew I had to get him out of the car. I knew that’s as somebody’s father or somebody’s son or husband.” During the rescue Thomas received minor burns to his arms.

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