Topic: Disaster Relief and Recovery
Posted on 5/18/2016
A news crew from Griffin’s CBS affiliate KWTV Oklahoma City rescued a man stuck in a rapidly spreading Oklahoma wildfire on April 5. Val and Amy Castor were reporting on the fire when they saw county worker Jason Perks frantically attempting to remove his truck from a ditch. They continued filming as they urged him to hurry up and escape the fire. "I’ve seen a lot of fires. I’ve never seen a fire move as fast as this one did," Val Castor later said. "I’m thinking he’s going to be in trouble in just a minute if he didn’t get out of there ... my window of opportunity to go in there and get him was getting smaller and smaller." Perks freed himself and sprinted to the Castor’s truck. All three survived. Watch video.
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