The crash had already happened when Alec Christian Larson drove up on it.

It was April 11, 2024, in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. A high-speed head-on collision had left Jessica Tucker and her 6-month-old son, Jordan Tucker, inside a sport utility vehicle.

Flames had started under the engine compartment.

Gas had spilled onto the roadway.

Larson was on his way to work. He was 27 years old and worked as a carpet cleaner. He was not part of an emergency crew. He was just close enough to see that the situation was not waiting for anyone.

He stopped his work van.

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Then he grabbed a pair of scissors and ran to the wreck.

The driver’s side door opened. Jessica Tucker was badly injured, with multiple broken bones and other injuries, but Larson helped her out of the SUV. Once outside, she yelled that her baby was still in the vehicle.

Bystanders moved her away from the wreck.

Larson turned back to the SUV.

The flames were growing under the engine. The vehicle had already caught fire.

The front of the SUV was no longer just damaged. It was actively becoming more dangerous.

Larson tried the passenger door.

It would not open.

That could have ended the attempt.

It did not.

He ran around to the rear of the vehicle and opened the hatch. Inside, he saw Jordan strapped into a rear-facing child seat.

Larson climbed into the trunk area.

He tried to unbuckle the car seat buckle, but it would not release. The fire continued to grow. The vehicle was not giving him much time.

He still had the scissors.

Larson cut the strap.

Then he grabbed the baby and pulled him out of the SUV. He handed Jordan to bystanders, who carried him away from the burning wreck.

About 10 seconds later, the vehicle was engulfed in fire.

Jordan was not injured.

Larson was not injured.

The rescue did not follow the clean version of a plan. The first door worked. The second one did not. The buckle would not release. The fire moved faster than the vehicle allowed.

Larson kept adjusting.

He moved from the driver’s side to the passenger side to the rear hatch. When the buckle would not open, he cut the strap instead.

The difference came down to seconds and one tool in his hand.

Alec Christian Larson stopped at a burning crash scene, helped Jessica Tucker out of the SUV, climbed into the rear of the vehicle, cut her infant son’s car seat strap with scissors, and pulled him out about 10 seconds before the vehicle was engulfed.

That is what he did.

It is worth noticing because each first attempt left another problem in place.

The mother was out, but the baby remained inside. The passenger door would not open. The car seat buckle would not release.

Larson kept changing the approach until one worked.

A vehicle was burning. A baby was strapped inside. Larson used the scissors he had and got himself out.

That changed what happened next.

If the door would not open and the buckle would not release, would you keep changing the approach until something worked?