“There Were No Rescue Teams Despite the Fire Lasting More Than a Minute”: Rival Driver Risks His Life to Save Competitor
Translated from Korean and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- Dutch driver Luuk Hartog rescued a British competitor trapped in a burning vehicle after the car remained on fire for more than a minute.
- The rescue reportedly took place when safety personnel and firefighters were not visible at the scene, and the Dutch driver gave up his own race to help.
- The British driver said he was alive that night entirely because of one person.
“Tonight I am alive entirely because of one person.” A British driver gave that account after a rival pulled him from a burning vehicle.
Dutch driver Luuk Hartog, 24, reportedly threw himself into the rescue while the car was engulfed in flames. The vehicle continued burning for more than a minute.
The report said no safety personnel or firefighters were visible at the scene. Hartog abandoned his own race to help the trapped driver, saving his competitor’s life.
Tonight I am alive entirely because of one person.
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Originally published by Chosun Ilbo in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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