Houston Rockets rookie Montrezl Harrell is a hero today, and it has nothing to do with basketball.
According to Jeff Greer of the Courier-Journal, the 21-year-old second-round pick was among those who pulled a motorist out of a smoking, overturned vehicle near the Louisville campus.
U of L sports information director Kenny Klein confirmed Monday evening.
Klein, in a series of tweets, said Harrell, who was drafted this summer by the Houston Rockets, kicked out a window in the overturned car, retrieved a fire extinguisher and waited for emergency personnel to arrive.
Former UofL F Montrezl Harrell helped get a motorist out of an overturned, smoking vehicle near UofL's campus #L1C4 pic.twitter.com/kHxbv8Kel6
— Kenny Klein (@KKcards) September 15, 2015
With others, Harrell helped kick in a window, ran to a nearby business to get a fire extinguisher & waited for the fire crew to arrive #L1C4
— Kenny Klein (@KKcards) September 15, 2015
The legend continues to grow.
By Glenn Erby
