Chandler Carrera, below right, and Eduardo Pineda, top right, were hailed as heroes for saving the life of a man they pulled from a burning truck, left. They received lots of comments from adoring fans, below.
Moment truck explodes in fireball seconds after two cops drag out driver who suffered medical emergency and couldn t take his foot off accelerator, setting it ablaze
The Austin Fire Department says they were called to the scene around 4:40pm Monday after a medical emergency involving the driver, whose truck was ablaze
Two officers from the Austin Police Department arrived on the scene first
Those cops, Chandler Carrera and Eddie Pineda, are being hailed as heroes
In a video, one officer can be seen banging on the driver s window with a baton
The officer manages to get the window open and unlocks the door from inside