Hinkle, worried that the fire would hurt the injured woman, used his body to shield her from the fire.
Guin was on her way to pick up her children and was alone in the van during the crash and suffered a broken ankle and a facial fracture.
The two have since reunited in Guin’s hospital room, with Hinkle surprising the woman he saved with a teddy bear, dressed in military garb.
Woman thankful for the kindness of strangers
Posted by The Shelby Star on Thursday, September 21, 2017
"It takes a lot for a person to lay down their body and protect someone they've never met. There's not a lot of people out there like him," Guin told The Shelby Star. "Those soldiers know how to step up."
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