Robert F. Chrystal, Jr. helped to rescue Iris M. and Maria L. Morales from burning, Matawan, New Jersey, October 25, 1981. Following an accident, Mrs. Morales, 34, was pinned in the back-seat area of a burning automobile, in which her daughter, Maria, 17, was unconscious in the passenger seat. Despite flames 10 feet high covering the front portion of the auto, Chrystal, 19, band sound man, and a companion ran to the driver’s side, where two men were attempting to remove Mrs. Morales. Chrystal seized Mrs. Morales, and with the assistance of the three others, pulled her from the auto and carried her away. Despite increasing flames in the interior of the auto, Chrystal ran to the passenger side, and with two of the others, removed Maria, who was aflame. Mrs. Morales recovered from her burns; Maria died a week after the accident.
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