Bernardo Vazquez saved Jenny Duong, Sharon F. Phung, and Chuyen K. Nguyen from being struck by a train, City of Industry, California, September 6, 1993. Ms. Duong, 40; her daughter, Sharon, 10; Ms. Nguyen, 19, and another woman were occupants of an automobile that was stranded on a railroad track at night. A motorist driving past the scene, Vazquez, 29, bus driver, saw the car, then became aware of a train approaching on the same track. When the car did not move, Vazquez ran to it, shouting for the women to exit. He then opened the driver’s door, grasped Ms. Duong, and pulled her out. With the train bearing down on them, Vazquez stepped into the back-seat area of the car, seized Ms. Nguyen, and pulled her out, and then he re-entered for Sharon and removed her from the back seat. The train then struck the car, which caught fire, and pushed it down the track, killing the other woman.
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