VIDEO: NC father, son save disabled man from burning car just in time

ROWAN COUNTY, NC (WBTV/CNN) — Shawn Ramsay and his son Draven were heading to a Mother’s Day dinner in the Town of Cleveland when they noticed a car that seemed to be spitting fire from its gas tank.

“We were looking at it, and at first we thought, oh he’s got the flame-thrower exhaust,” Shawn said.

But the 70s model Cadillac was actually on fire. The Ramsay’s were able to flag the car down, but as soon as it stopped the flames consumed the entire back end of the car.

Shawn and his 16-year-old son didn’t think twice about helping.

“The woman who was driving said there was a man inside,” Shawn said.

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