Hancock County, Miss.

2 rescued from burning SUV

Motorists who saw smoke billowing from a stand of trees along Mississippi's Interstate 10 rescued a woman and her sister trapped inside a wrecked, burning sport utility vehicle.

$Fifteen to 20 motorists, including a photographer for The Associated Press, came to the aid of the women in Hancock County. Photographer Gerald Herbert said the rescuers pulled the disabled woman from the wreck first, but getting the driver out was difficult. "No one had fire extinguishers," Herbert said. "We were all sure she was going to perish. The sounds of her screams and the sight of the fire inching closer to her, that was the most horrible and helpless feeling I\'ve ever felt in my life."$

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