Firefighter’s helmet-cam records dad’s rescue (Video)

WASHINGTON — It wasn’t a typical rescue for the Great Cacapon Volunteer Fire Department in Morgan County, W. Va., early Thursday morning.

A truck went off Capacon Road and into a tree at about 5 a.m.; it took about an hour to extricate the driver, according to WHAG.

But the driver was Roger Steiner, a captain with the volunteer fire department, and his son, Jason, was one of the firefighters called to rescue him. And Jason caught the whole thing on helmet-cam video.

Via Statter911, Jason’s video shows the work that went into rescuing his dad:

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