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    I was driving home with my son Giacomo, 15, on the A40 when I suddenly saw a small plane coming down. Out of nowhere, it1 some 200 yards away from where we were 2 , overturning and bursting into flames.

    We were going 70 miles an hour and I managed to3; otherwise  we would have  crashed into it ourselves. I jumped out, 4 Giacomo in the car. I remember 5 at him to stay there since we really didn't have time to mess around.

    Flames were coming out of the cockpit (驾驶舱) and I could hear screaming, so I climbed under the wing and tried to 6 the windows in but failed, and with the heat of the 7 coming over the top of the plane, I 8 I might have to give up or I'd be in great danger myself. I found the small windows at the back of the plane had cracked ( 破 裂 ), so my best bet was to kick those through. It9 and, looking back, we were unbelievably10; otherwise, it would have been a completely different11.

    I pulled a teenage girl and boy out. Then another guy, Joel Snarr, arrived on the12 to help at just the right time. I don't think I would have been able to get the 13 out — he was a big guy. 14 , Joel seized him by the arms and got him out just in time. I could 15 straight away Joel had a military background by how he 16 himself. We'd just got all three of them, Stuart Moore, who'd flown the plane, and his nephew and niece, to a safe17 when the plane exploded.

    The emergency services 18 pretty quickly, and then they did their duty. When I got back to my 19, Giacomo and I stared at each other, almost laughing in 20. It was a very strange moment — things like this only happen in films.