Olympic gold medalist runs through traffic to save tortoise

David Verburg, who won the 4×400-meter relay at 2016 Rio Olympics, is a hero on field and off field. Recently, he shared a video of himself sprinting through a busy intersection to save a tortoise from being run over by traffic. The incident took place on the Florida highway.

So this happened today. pic.twitter.com/yIVajtQKA4— David Verburg,OLY (@AdiVerb) October 28, 2018