"I did it without thinking," people often say after saving a stranger's life. The truth is, heroism develops over a lifetime – and it's never too late to learn
IT TOOK Michael McNally about 10 seconds from hearing the crash to run from his house in the Cape Cod village of Marstons Mills to the road outside. When he got there, the car was already burning, its front end bent around a tree. Things were exploding in the engine compartment. He looked inside and saw a young woman in the passenger seat. She was about the same age as his daughter. It was clear that if she stayed there another minute she would die.
McNally, 51, reached in through the passenger window and tried to pull her out. He lost his grip, so he repositioned himself through the back seat window and pulled her through ...
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