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- Detroit \u2014 Freeing people trapped in overturned cars is getting to be a bit of a habit with Lance Swain.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
For the second time in about a month, the Detroit resident has helped rescue victims of rollover crashes on area roads. The latest occurred shortly before 1 p.m. Tuesday as Swain was returning from lunch.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was driving down the Lodge near Howard Street and I saw a Jeep on its side,\u201d said Swain, who works for Detroit City Connect, a non-profit agency that helps<\/span>Detroit area non-profits and the government to work together to solve local problems.<\/p>\n
\u201cI pulled up close and asked a bystander if there was anyone inside and he said, \u2018Yeah, two people.\u2019 I left my car so I could help<\/span>get them out of there.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to Swain, the victims were two women who were more or less dangling from their seat belts.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey were conscious but shook up pretty bad,\u201d said Swain, the married father of a 5-year-old daughter and a nearly 2-year-old son. \u201cWe got the passenger side door open, and I slid inside. The first lady was the passenger, and I had to undo her seat belt and then I pulled her out.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut the driver\u2019s foot was stuck and she couldn\u2019t stand up so I couldn\u2019t get her out.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pinned and panicky, the driver told Swain she was scared and that her chest hurt.<\/p>\n
\u201cI stayed with her; she was holding me,\u201d Swain said. \u201cI told her to breathe<\/span>, gave her some water and put a scarf around her neck to keep her warm. When the paramedics arrived, they decided to remove her through the rear hatch of the Jeep.\u201d<\/p>\n
Swain let down the seats and helped the paramedics remove the woman.<\/p>\n
And then he went back to his job at City Connect.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe funny thing is the same sort of thing happened about a month ago on Grand River,\u201d Swain said. \u201cWe were coming back from the Black History Museum and there was a car that had been hit and was on its side. My cousin and I hopped out and did pretty much the same thing for the two people who were inside.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo when this crash happened on the Lodge it was pretty much like, \u2018Let me out of my car and get to work.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n
Swain demurs when anyone suggests that he might be a hero.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m a man and that\u2019s what a man does,\u201d Swain said.<\/p>\n
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