Louisville, KY, Firefighter Honored at Wildcats Basketball Game

March 8, 2024
Firefighter Bryce Carden was honored for the rescue of big rig driver last week at the University of Kentucky basketball game.

The University of Kentucky honored Louisville firefighter Bryce Carden for his heroic rescue of a driver trapped in a cab dangling from a bridge last week.

Carden, and his wife, Caitlynn, were invited to watch the Wildcats take on Vanderbilt Wednesday night by coach John Calipari, the Courier-Journal reports.

The firefighter stood with the players during the National Anthem and then was honored by all those in attendance at Rupp Arena before tipoff.

Carden was lowered from a ladder truck after a multi-vehicle crash left an 18-wheeler dangling from Clark Memorial Bridge. The driver was trapped with no way to escape until Carden showed up.

"She was praying a lot, and I prayed with her,' Carden recalled.