Mum thanks strangers who rescued nine-month-old baby from burning car

A mother has lauded two strangers who rescued her nine-month-old baby from her burning car moments before it was engulfed in fires. Alex McClean of Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent, was driving along a dual carriageway when she started to smoke, and although she managed to get out, she had trouble finding any of the other doors to get her child. Wesley Beynon and his uncle Marc Willding stopped to help, with Wesley able to reach Lilah and Marc fleeing to safety through the driver's door. On Saturday, the group reunited, and Alex predicted that Lilah would grow up knowing about the men who saved her life, and that she would never forget their heroism.

Alex, 21, was driving along the A465 in Merthyr Tydfil at about 13:20 p. M. On Wednesday to take Lilah to a playgroup when her vehicle began to lose power. She stepped into a lay-by after the warning lights came on, but moments later, smoke filled the car and she rushed to get out. When she tried to open the rear door behind the passenger seat and the passenger door, neither would open, and in her panic, she did not bother to explore the other side.

I was terrified trying to open the doors, I thought everything was locked,

she explained.

As cars passed by, Alex screamed for assistance, desperately attempting to crack the glass with her keys before calling police as the bonnet began to turn brown.

I was hysterical and had no idea what was going on.

I thought I was going to lose her.

Welder fabricator Wesley, from Merthyr Tydfil, was returning to his workshop when he and his uncle discovered the car on fire in the lay-by. The 39-year-old recalled being confronted with a woman at the passenger door particularly in distress, screaming that her baby was trapped inside, which he described as

horrifying. Wesley pushed his way into the car's harness and unclipped the baby's seat, with Marc pulling the baby out as fires were still visible.

When we stepped inside the car, there were fires evident.

I could see them through the windscreen. To be honest, it was scary to admit that I'm not going to lie.

The car became erupted in fires moments after Lilah was rescued, which may have meant a different story.Around 30 seconds to a minute later, it was engulfed. We were in the right place at the right time, Wesley said.

Instinct just took over. Marc, 58, of Merthyr Tydfil, said he would never have left the scene until the baby was safely out of the car.

We should have done it any way possible.

Baby Lilah was unharmed by the ordeal, according to Alex, who was thrilled to reunite with her baby and thank the men who saved her baby by giving them gifts.

I've never been so grateful to someone to help me,

she said, because there were so many other people who didn't bother stopping. If they weren't there, it would have been so bad. It was such a relief to get her out of the car. Both described the two astrue lifesavers. I'll never forget about these guys, Lilah's will grow up knowing who they are and what happened and how they saved her life.

Wesley said he had been overwhelmed after the shooting, particularly after he and his uncle were lauded as local heroes on social media, adding that his phone had been