Reggie Owens spends much of his time in Orangeburg chasing quarterbacks and running backs. But Saturday morning, the SC State defense end came up big by saving a young boy.
Owens was traveling back from SC State when he witnessed three children being thrown from a vehicle after being T-boned by another vehicle.
“I stopped; I was the first on the scene. I rushed out to make sure everyone was okay. As I approached the cars, I saw one child that fell from under the car. I had to pull him from under the car to keep him from being run over,” Owens told WTOC.
“I thought ‘this is bad,’ I immediately had someone go to him; somebody tend to him. I had a shirt; I took my shirt off. I plugged his wound. I had to stop the bleeding; he was bleeding profusely. I knew I couldn’t move the bodies but I could at least stop the bleeding,” said Owens.
Owens recorded 4.5 sacks in 10 games in 2014.