Roger Scott Clark saved Matthew C. Finzen from burning, Westfield, Iowa, July 6, 1981. In a highway accident, the car in which Matthew, 15, was a passenger, burst into flames. Matthew was knocked unconscious. Roger, 15, high-school student, among the occupants who fled the car, returned and entered it. Freeing Matthew from his seat belt on a second entry, Roger lifted him out of the car, then was helped by another man in carrying him to safety. Moments later, the car was filled with flames. Matthew recovered from a concussion suffered in the accident.
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