Cell phone footage shows the moment an elderly couple in their 90s were rescued from a burning car at the side of a San Diego highway.
Ken Williamson, 92, and his wife Joan, 90, were trapped in a car being engulfed by billowing flames and thick black smoke on the shoulder of the I-8.
Ken and Joan were vacationing in California from Arizona for Labor Day when their car was hit from behind and somehow caught on fire.
Footage shot by witness Marie Macrorie shows flames lapping around the back of the car, as a group of men try to get the occupants out.
One man seen reaching into the driver's seat and pulling an elderly man out of the Toyota and onto the road.
He quickly grabs the man by his arms and runs away from the scene.
'Watch his arms!' Macrorie can be heard shouting in the video. Another voice in the background says 'they got him they got him' in attempts to keep her calm.
At least five other people are seen helping in the rescue effort. Two are seen helping Joan after getting her out of the passenger seat, while three others help carry Ken farther away from the fire.
The Good Samaritans were men from the East County Transitional Living Center (ECTLC), a shelter for homeless people in El Cajon, CBS 8 revealed.
Ken, 92, and Joan Williamson, 90, were trapped in a car being engulfed by billowing flames and thick black smoke
Ken, 92, and Joan Williamson, 90, were trapped in a car being engulfed by billowing flames and thick black smoke on the shoulder of the I-8 in San Diego, California
Five Good Samaritans from the East County Transitional Living Center (ECTLC) rescued the couple from the burning car on Labor Day just before 4.30pm
The five men saw the couple's car on fire on Labor Day just before 4.30pm in the westbound lane of the highway in Lakeside before the exit for Lake Jennings Park Road.
They were traveling in the opposite direction but parked in the median and rushed over to help the Williamsons.
One of the rescuers, Harry Hemphill, told CBS 8: 'We ran over there. A couple of the guys grabbed the wife and the other two grabbed the husband who was driving.
'Even when the elderly gentleman was on the ground with his arms severely burned, he did not seem like he was in any pain, he was more concerned about his wife.'
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