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Krajnik and Bozdogan began assisting one of the people who was helping others out of their vehicle. Once everyone was out of the vehicles, Krajnik said he noticed someone was still stuck inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt first, I didn\u2019t want to move him because he looked like he was injured pretty badly,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That\u2019s when Krajnik saw the flames under the vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt started to get bigger really fast,\u201d he said. \u201cI screamed to Bozdogan and yelled that the vehicle is catching on fire.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The soldiers flung open the door, removed the injured man\u2019s seatbelt and carried him to safety. As they were carrying him away, the car caught on fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIf we would\u2019ve waited longer, it would\u2019ve been a devastating situation,\u201d Krajnik said. \u201cHe could\u2019ve also suffered burn injuries, or even died.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bozdogan said he and Krajnik were meant to be on that road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe were trying to prevent an accident with a soldier and ended up saving someone else\u2019s life that night. What are the odds?\u201d Bozdogan said. \u201cThat man would not have had a chance if it weren\u2019t for us. In my heart, I knew right away that I was not going to watch him burn alive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Both soldiers said they don\u2019t feel like heroes \u2014 they were doing what anyone would do in that situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI joined the Army to save lives here and abroad,\u201d Bozdogan said. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter where I\u2019m at, I just have that instinct to react when I see someone who needs help. It\u2019s not all about being a hero. It\u2019s about making a split-second decision at the right moment to ensure the safety of others.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n For their actions, Bozdogan and Krajnik have been nominated for the Soldier\u2019s Medal, the Army\u2019s highest peacetime award for valor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Army Times was unable to interview the soldiers due to their training schedule.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The 4th Infantry Division soldiers helped rescue victims of a car accident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":29561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":70,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":{"2":{"categories":["your-military","news","good-news-report","newsletters"],"primary_category":"your-military"}}},"categories":[100,12,25,70],"tags":[],"coauthors":[2976],"class_list":["post-12776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-news-roundup","category-news","category-newsletters","category-your-army"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"X4U3TFK5PZBVPC2VF5AFPVSINQ","arc_canonical_url":"\/news\/your-army\/2018\/01\/17\/2-fort-carson-soldiers-nominated-for-soldiers-medal\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/bozdogan.jpg.jpg\")