After a car crashed and burst into flames on the side of the interstate in Memphis, Tennessee, over the weekend, witnesses swear God was looking over the man trapped inside the vehicle.
According to video of the incident captured on camera, a crowd of people rushed to the vehicle and attempted to free the man trapped inside. According to WMC-TV, witnesses say the man veered off the road and hit a pole after he was side-swiped by another driver.
“Everybody started getting stuff to bust the windows,” one witness, Elicia Bridgforth, told WMC. ”We had to get the man out of this car.”
Another witness, Corey Kilpatrick, added, “All I could find was a gallon of water, so I went back and wet him so maybe it wouldn’t burn him and I could keep him as moist as possible.”
Finally, though, with the aid of a jack iron and a K-9 officer, the good samaritans were able to pull the man from the burning car and take him to safety.
Another woman, Anita Irby, captured the entire incident on camera. Her video, which she uploaded to Facebook, has already received more than 1 million views.
Moments after the man was pulled to safety, witnesses said they heard loud “popping noises” coming from the flame-engulfed vehicle.
“I said, ‘This car is going to blow. Lord, please let me get this man out,’” Bridgforth added in her comments to WMC.
The vehicle was a total loss. However, police recovered one item from the car that was seemingly untouched by the extremely hot flames: a Bible.
“That is God,” Eugene McNeil told WMC. “If you don’t believe it, I don’t know what to say.”
