VIDEO: The Kennedys are a superhero family. Engineer Matt Kennedy is a 30-year veteran Jacksonville firefighter, and his wife, Cheryl Kennedy, has been a nurse for 26 years. Last weekend, the couple witnessed the aftermath of a horrific deadly crash, and their instincts kicked in. According to the crash report, four motorcycles were traveling West on State Road 100 in Putnam County when one motorcycle bumped into the side of another, sending the first motorcycle into oncoming traffic. That motorcyclist collided head-on with an SUV and died on the scene.
The impact caused an explosion that shot into the air, which Matt Kennedy and his wife, Cheryl, saw from their vehicle. By the time they reached the wreck, a 59-year-old man and his mother in her 80s were stuck inside the SUV, which was on fire.
โAs soon as I got out, I saw the motorcycle guy on the road. Knew he was deceased right away. Asked her to call 911, headed to the car just to, or the SUV to check and see what was going on. And it was burning from one end to the other,โ Matt Kennedy said. โAnd the closer I got, I could hear people screaming inside it. So, yeah, it got a little hairy.โ Matt Kennedy said he tried everything he could to bust a window to help the man and his mother out. โI beat and beat and beat and, I even put my knife in my hand and beat on it, and I just couldnโt get it to break,โ he said.
