Minnesota deputies were in the right place at the right time last week to save a woman after a home exploded, and body camera footage captured the incident.
The rescue happened at around 8:45 a.m. April 22 when two Hennepin County sheriff's deputies—Dearest Welwolie and Gregory Granson—heard a loud explosion as they were serving papers in a Richfield neighborhood, KARE-TV reports. When the deputies reached the scene, they saw smoke coming from a home and were alerted to something else.
"We heard someone yelling for help, that's how myself and Deputy Granson ran to the front door to try to see if we can get her out," Welwolie told KARE.
Welwolie as able push open the front door, which had been blocked by debris, and the two deputies were able to pull a woman from the wreckage, according to a social media post from the agency. Footage from Granson's body camera included with the post showed the deputies quick actions as they went to her aid.
The woman was rushed to the hospital, and she's expected to recover. Granson told KARE that he and Welwolie were just doing what they're trained to do when it comes to keeping the public safe.
"Just the fact that you're there for your fellow human, that you want to help and when something like this happens it's almost—I don't want to say second nature, but you just step in and do what you need to do," he said.
