Rapid City honors Mines student who rescued teen from burning vehicle
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Jameson Mallon-Echols, a South Dakota Mines football captain, pulled a 16-year-old trapped driver from a burning vehicle after a crash in Houston, Texas on June 11, working with another bystander to free the teen moments before the car became fully engulfed in flames. The teenager survived and recovered in the hospital.
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