Remember the FJ Cruiser from the Ft. Worth Pile Up Video? He Made It & Immediately Helped:

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A MedStar paramedic who was heading to work Thursday to begin his shift became a victim of the massive crash on Interstate 35W and despite his own injuries switched into “rescue mode” before his fellow first responders realized he wasn’t on duty and needed help himself.

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“I happen to look up in my rearview mirror and I'm watching a semi-truck barreling towards me full speed,” he said. “It looked like it was trying to stop. There were sparks flying. But it was full speed. I thought it was my time at that point. I just kind of braced for impact."

His car, a 2011 Toyota FJ Cruiser, actually went airborne and landed on the opposite side of the express lanes, he said.

McDaniel’s face, ankle, back and shoulders, were all banged up.

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"They figured I was there as part of that ambulance crew that had just rolled in. They had no idea,” he said. “And, you know, my first thought was I'm walking, I'm ambulatory. What do I need to do?"

The firefighters asked him for help treating victims. Without saying a thing,

McDaniels switched from victim to medic.

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Only later did his fellow first responders realize the situation.

"They saw me in uniform and their first reaction was, ‘Wait a second, wait, you were a part of it? You were in it?’ They were in disbelief,” he said.

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