"I'm just lucky I had the opportunity to stop, do what I was taught, not screw up, and make the guys proud, I hope," McBride said. It's so rare that anyone's able to actually thank an actual individual," he said. "Josh is an amazing guy and incredibly humble," Walter said. Walter said he's also grateful they were able to find the man who saved his life. Walter's wife Jamie was also hurt in the crash, but Walter's brother, son, and daughter, came to the station to thank McBride. "The entire dash and whole hood had pushed down onto this legs, and that it was trapping him in the vehicle," McBride said. "Who knew someone with his skill set was going to be so close behind us? For that we are certainly forever grateful."Ībout 20 minutes after McBride got to this scene, Snoqualmie Fire & Rescue arrived, and McBride used their tools to cut Walter out of the car. "I certainly wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for Josh," Walter said. KIRO7's Deedee Sun talked with him on the phone. More than a month after the crash, 68-year-old Walter is still at Harborview. "He regained consciousness about a minute and a half later." "And he was able to breathe again," he said. McBride cleared the debris in the car, recognized the problem and lowered the seat back. The A-post had been creased and crushed into his chest," McBride said. "He wasn't breathing, he was unconscious, (but he) had a pulse. McBride explained that the metal frame around the driver's side of the windshield had folded inside the cabin of the car, and was pressing into Walter's chest," was preventing him from taking a breath. He saw the mangled car, pulled over and saw that Walter still in the car.
"There was still debris in the air," McBride said. But before any first responders got there, off-duty Seattle firefighter Josh McBride saw the crash ahead. Skip Walter and his wife, Jamie, were driving home to Bainbridge Island on I-90 when they got into a crash near the summit.
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