VIDEO: There are many ways to become a hero. Firefighters save lives every day, but they do not usually make rescues like the one they attempted on Wednesday, March 20 when they extracted a hedgehog that had been stuck inside a man’s car for more than 36 hours. “They gave me a responsibility for an animal and I screwed it up,” Ruben Guajardo said with a laugh. Guajardo said he started pet-sitting the hedgehog on Sunday when its owner and her family went on vacation for spring break. Guajardo said the girl who owns it told him it needed time to run around and exercise. Everything went well on the first day, but a quick moment apart Monday evening brought trouble.
“I put him in the vehicle, on the passenger side on the floor with his little food, just to play,” Guajardo recalled. “I go inside real quick just to check on my pork chops, came back, he vanished. I thought he pulled a Sonic the Hedgehog on me, for real. He just disappeared."