On Monday, Denise was driving her Jeep on the Long Island Expressway when she hit the center median and causing her car to flip onto its side and catch on fire.
Fortunately, people immediately began to help, including an off-duty police officer who was able to flip the car back over so that others could rescue Denise. Some positioned their cars to stop traffic, some took out jugs of water to throw on the flames, and some worked to get Denise out of the car and away from the flames.
Thanks to the heroic acts of these strangers, Denise was able to be flown to a hospital in critical condition by a Suffolk County Police helicopter.
Video of the incident quickly circulated online, drawing commendation from those who saw what happened that day.
One woman, Laura Benedetto, identified herself as the wife of one of the good Samaritans who leaped into action that day. She wrote on Facebook that her husband, Guy, put his car in park and ran across the expressway to save Denise without a moment’s hesitation.
“So…YESTERDAY( an off duty day, but never truly off duty when you take that Honorable Oath to SERVE & PROTECT) … Guy, without a moments hesitation .. put his car in park & RAN across the [Long Island Expressway]..TO SAVE A LIFE!”
She called her husband a “literal ANGEL on Earth” and went on to say that “He is a BEAUTIFUL BELIEVER IN THE GOOD OF OTHERS,” she continued.
She went on to say that he and a few other men were the ones to flip Denise’s car over and pull her to safety and that she stayed and prayed with Denise until an ambulance arrived.
The day after the crash, it looked like Denise would recover, but there has been no official word on her condition since then.
