Officer saves life of disoriented man, pulling him from car on fire, then charges him with DWI
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When Fairfax County, Virginia, police officer Sharif Issa (ISS'-eh) pulled up on the scene of a car in flames, he said to himself, "I'm glad there is no one in that car."
But there was a man in the car, disoriented and confused. Issa pulled him to safety before the car burned to its shell.
Then Issa charged him with driving while intoxicated.
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Fairfax County Police say it happened Saturday afternoon in the parking lot of an American Legion post in McLean.
When Issa arrived, witnesses told him there was a man inside the burning car, which had struck a tree.
Police say Issa grabbed the man by the hand and led him away from the car.
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Issa conducted sobriety tests on the 38-year-old man and charged him with DWI.