Paralympic snowboarder Zach Miller jokes that he’s adding “firefighter” to his resume.
Last week, Miller posted a video to his Instagram page in which he saves a man from his car catching fire while on his motorcycle riding on I-80 from Salt Lake to the USANA Center of Excellence in Park City.
In the video, Miller notices smoke coming from the bottom of a white truck while driving his motorcycle and filming.
Miller notices a fire has started underneath the hood of the truck and waves the motorist down.
“Your truck is on fire!” Miller shouts once they’ve both pulled over.
“What?” the driver says.
“You’re on fire!” Miller shouts back.
“Literally on fire?” says the man.
“Yeah!”
Miller gets off the bike and helps the man to see the fire, asks him if he has an extinguisher. The man says he has water, and the two pop the hood and dump several bottles over the engine.
“This is your reminder to always have something in your car to deal with fire in case something similar happens to you, or someone you share the road with!” Miller said in the caption to the video.
As of Wednesday at noon, the video has 1,319,815 likes. According to U.S. Ski & Snowboard, the video has been viewed over 20 million times.
The video ends with the driver and Miller shaking hands and hugging. Miller posted a follow up video several days later in which he thanks those who followed him and tells a bit about himself.
Miller has cerebral palsy and is on the U.S. Para Snowboard Team. He’s a two-time world champion, an ESPY award winner and attended the 2022 Beijing Paralympics. He’s Miller’s been on the team since 2018.
“I wouldn’t have achieved any of it if it wasn’t for incredible who stopped to help me along the way,” Miller says. “It’s why I didn’t hesitate when I saw someone I could help.”