article_snippet.sent: As flames surrounded the pensioner's head, three Good Samaritans  pulled over and frantically tried to extinguish the blaze - at first, using three Good Samaritans   hands, then by hurling An 84-year-old man into a snow bank.
article_snippet.sent: Speaking to the Associated Press last month, Mike Peters told of how Mike Peters immediately stopped and ran past a woman making futile attempts to pat out the fire, before tackling Flowers into a snow bank. '
article_snippet.sent: I scooped the guy up and did an end-zone dive into the snowbank,' the 52-year-old former Army helicopter mechanic, from Gates, said.
article_snippet.sent: Mike Peters then used handfuls of dirty snow to douse the flames.
article_snippet.sent: Mike Peters (left), who pulled over after spotting Flowers standing at the side of the road engulfed in flames - tackled the pensioner into this snow bank (right) in a bid to extinguish the flames .
highlights_snippet.sent: One tried to put out flames with hands; another threw pensioner into snow bank .
  