Carla had called her daughter before she passed out. One of the women who stopped picked up the phone during the incident and found the daughter was still on the line. She had heard the whole thing. The younger woman arrived in time to see her mom off to the hospital.

When Scott got back to the shop and conveyed the story, his co-workers were calling him a hero. He brushes that off, saying the real heroes are the paramedics who save people every day.

Scott finished his shift and headed to the hospital to see how Carla was doing. She had already been released.

“All I could think about was picturing her face,” Scott said. “I had to make sure she was OK. That’s the only reason why I went to the hospital.”

The Tucson Fire Department wasn’t able to release any details of the incident in time for this article other than to confirm the victim’s name. As well, the paramedics who went out on the call couldn’t immediately be reached.

Scott knows his chivalry is more of an aberration for people his age. He grew up in a working-class family, being taught nothing would be handed to him. His mom died of cancer when he was 16, and he quit school to work and help his dad with the bills and look after his little sister, who’s now 14.