Students' heroic act saves biker from jaws of death

Taking chances

Abbass Sharif remembers only that something needed to be done as he, a fellow Utah State University doctoral candidate and more than half dozen others lined up on one side of the 4,000-pound car. They were able to lift it within moments, allowing one of the rescuers to pull Brandon Wright to safety. “The chance of him dying if we don’t do it is like 100 per cent,” 28-year-old Sharif said, recalling the incident. After the heroic act, Assistant Logan Police Chief Jeff Curtis said one could “only speculate what the outcome would have been” had none of the rescuers sprung to action.

For their bravery, the rescuers are being called “heroes” and “angels,” though none want the labels. “That’s a big title,” said Sharif, a doctoral candidate from Lebanon. “I don’t consider myself a hero. It’s just our humanity ... Everyone is going to help.”

Their heroic act were captured on video and have gone viral on the Internet. The man they saved — the 21-year-old Utah State University student — is grateful. So is Wright's family, who said: “They risked their lives doing it... It restores your faith in humanity.”