Families thank visiting teens for saving loved ones in Palm Coast
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Channel: Daytona Beach News-Journal · 2012 · News & Politics
Two visiting 17-year-olds were met with hugs and tears Thursday, April 5, 2012, when they arrived at a ceremony planned by Flagler County Sheriff Don Fleming to honor them for their heroism when they pulled a Palm Coast couple from a burning car. Cody Decker and Luke Vaughn, both of Dewitt, Mich., were at the entrance of Canopy Walk, a gated community where they were staying, when they saw a car speed by and then heard it crash about 1 a.m. Tuesday, April 3. They were among the first on the scene and pulled Carlos Adams, 42, and Tracy Lopez, 44, from the burning wreckage.
