Justin Gavin, 18, was honored for his heroism by Waterbury Police Chief Fernando Spagnolo. (Photo credit: Waterbury Police Department) WATERBURY, Conn. - An 18-year-old man is being hailed as a hero after pulling a mother and her three young children from a burning vehicle in Connecticut.Justin Gavin had just stepped off of a city bus on Sept.
9 and was walking down the street when an SUV passed him with flames shooting from underneath, according to the Republican-American newspaper.The vehicle, which had lost its brakes, came to rest in a nearby parking lot, the newspaper reported.
Gavin ran to the scene and pulled a 1-year-old, a 4-year-old and a 9-year-old from the backseat. He also helped the mother in the driver’s seat unfasten her.