PHILADELPHIA - Former Eagles long snapper and magician Jon Dorenbos is now being called a hero after saving a woman’s life in January.
He joined Alex Holley and Mike Jerrick on Good Day Philadelphia to discuss the incident. Ana and Akira Nakao were working at their restaurant, VegiLicious, in Huntington Beach, California on Jan.
19. As Ana was serving tables for outdoor diners, her clothes caught fire from a gas heater and her lower body became engulfed in flames.
Dorenbos and his wife were eating at another restaurant nearby when he heard a scream and saw Ana covered in flames. "Her apron just caught on fire and I would say in two or three seconds it went from her apron to just fully engulfed," he said. "It was like watching a stuntman walk out of a burning building in the making of a movie.