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Milton man pulls Fort Walton mayor out of burning car

February 10, 2022 | Wendy Victora Rudman

A Milton tow truck driver is being hailed as “Our Hero – Our Angel” by the mayor of Fort Walton Beach’s family after saving him and his wife from a burning vehicle.

Mayor Dick Rynearson and his wife, Janey, were heading to a gas station off Interstate 10 near Live Oak Jan. 26 when their car was t-boned and burst into flames.

Robert Hammac, a tow truck driver from Milton, saved Fort Walton Beach Mayor Dick Rynearson and his wife, Janey, from this burning car Jan. 26. Submitted photo

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