{"id":369546,"date":"2026-08-12T17:14:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T17:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/369546\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T17:14:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T17:14:14","slug":"they-saved-my-life-crash-survivor-reunites-with-martin-county-firefighters-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/369546\/","title":{"rendered":"‘They Saved My Life\u2019: Crash survivor reunites with Martin County firefighters"},"content":{"rendered":"

MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A crash survivor who was pulled from the wreckage by Martin County firefighters returned months later to thank the crew who helped save his life.<\/p>\n

In the early morning hours of July 5, Taylor Cantin was the sole survivor of a devastating head-on crash on State Road 710 near Southwest Fox Brown Road<\/a>, according to Martin County Fire Rescue.<\/p>\n

Cantin’s truck suffered major front-end damage in the collision, leaving him trapped.<\/p>\n

Firefighters with MCFR’s Station 24 say they responded quickly and extricated Cantin from the crushed vehicle. Moments after, LifeStar <\/a>flew him to the hospital, where he was treated for traumatic injuries.<\/p>\n

Firefighters wrote that calls like this often end once a patient is safely transferred to medical care. They don’t always get the chance to learn what happens next.<\/p>\n

See also: Large tire fire burns for hours near Belvedere Road<\/a><\/p>\n

But Cantin recently saw a Martin County Fire Rescue<\/a> open house flyer and knew he wanted to return to thank the firefighters who helped save his life.<\/p>\n

Over the weekend, Cantin reunited with the Station 24 crew, creating an emotional moment firefighters said reminded them why they do what they do.<\/p>\n

For the crew, the reunion offered a rare chance to see Cantin beyond the emergency call and learn more about the person they had worked to rescue.<\/p>\n

Firefighter say Cantin is now on the road to recovery, and firefighters are cheering him on every step of the way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A crash survivor who was pulled from the wreckage by Martin County firefighters…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":368527,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-369546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=369546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/368527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}