David Philip Duffey

David Philip Duffey saved Shune E. Moore from burning, Irwin, Pennsylvania, October 16, 2022. Moore, 56, was in the burning cab of a tractor trailer after it veered off a highway and onto the shoulder, where it collided with a guide rail, concrete barrier, and an overpass bridge abutment. The collision caused the cab to twist around 180 degrees with its front facing the trailer and pointing skyward. Duffey, 25, college student, was driving behind Moore and witnessed the accident. He stopped and ran to the passenger door, the window of which had been broken out. There were flames and spilled fuel close to the driver’s door and along the cab and trailer on that side. Fearing there would be an explosion, Duffey hoisted himself up so that his upper body was through the passenger window opening. Duffey grasped Moore, and with difficulty, pulled his upper body out through the window and onto the pavement. Duffey and another man dragged Moore about 7 feet when an explosion occurred, about five seconds after Moore was extricated. The blast knocked Duffey and the other man to the pavement. Flames about 15 feet high and thick, black smoke issued from the cab. Duffey and others dragged Moore farther from the tractor trailer to safety. Moore was treated at a hospital for lacerations to both legs and pain in his shoulders. Duffey suffered a back injury; he was not burned.