By Leila Merrill
KENT, Ohio 鈥 An off-duty firefighter-paramedic saved a stranded driver from an oncoming train on snow-covered tracks on Jan. 17, .
Firefighter-paramedic Pat Paisley had been driving home around 8:30 a.m. in a snowstorm when he saw the car stuck on a double railroad crossing.
鈥淭here was so much snow on the tracks,鈥 Paisley said.
He called dispatch to ask that the train be stopped, but it was too late for that.
鈥淚 heard the horn,鈥 he said.
As the train was coming, Paisley helped the driver, an Akron woman, out of her car.
The train caused a lot of damage to the car.
鈥淗e made a difference. He made a big difference for her,鈥 Kent Fire Chief William Myers said. 鈥淗e saved her life. So, we鈥檙e very proud of Patrick.鈥