After witnessing crash, Vikings' KJ Osborn saves man from burning car
Minnesota Vikings wide receiver KJ Osborn is a real life hero. The 25-year-old helped was one of four bystanders on an Austin roadway who witnessed a crash before pulling a man from the burning vehicle.
"Most of the time the saying goes 'wrong place wrong time," began Osborn in a post to social media Monday night. "But this time I believe God had me, us, at the right place at the exact right time."
On The Adam Schefter Podcast, Osborn explained that he was in an Uber in Austin, Texas when a driver sped by them and other vehicles before crashing into a pillar, with the car bursting into flames. That's when Osborn, his Uber driver and two others sprang into action, saving the man from the soon-to-be charred hunk of metal.
"Last night myself and these 3 absolutely [heroes] helped save a [man's] life by rescuing him from a vehicle up in flames after a bad crash. A situation I'd never imagine being apart of in a million years," Osborn wrote on social media. .
Right Place Right Time. 💜 pic.twitter.com/Jxcn0qBouC
— KJ Osborn (@KJ_Osborn) March 7, 2023
"It's crazy because I missed my first Uber," he told Schefter. "Even if I would've made my first Uber, I don't know if I would've been able to be there for him."
Osborne, the 25-year-old who is entering his fourth season with the Vikings, was still shocked hours after the incident Sunday night.
"I'm kind of still soaking it in. I didn't know it would effect me too much, I thought I would just be able to go to sleep and I'd be fine. But I couldn't sleep," he said. "I'm like, 'Wow, that was live bullets.' As I kind of look back on it, I was just grateful that I was in the position to be able to help him along with the three other heroes that were there. But it was definitely the craziest experience of my life."
Osborn said he plans to visit the man in the hospital.
"This was real life. We've been down 33-0 to the Colts and came back, we've had all these Vikings thrillers. But that's a football game, it's all fun," Osborn said. "When it comes to saving a human's life, that's way bigger than anything I've experienced."
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