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NFL reporter rescues man and dog from overturned car hours after resignation

Saturday, 18 April 2026, 00:09 · 1 min read

American NFL reporter Dianna Russini pulled a 73-year-old man and his dog from a flipped Jeep in Wyckoff, New Jersey, just hours after resigning from sports outlet The Athletic amid an internal investigation. Russini, who happened to be driving behind the stricken vehicle when a teenager's Honda Civic collided with it, climbed atop the overturned Jeep and worked with another bystander to free the trapped occupants; the elderly driver was taken to hospital with head and shoulder injuries, while the dog appeared unharmed. The rescue came during a turbulent 26-hour period for Russini, who had stepped down from The Athletic after the outlet launched a standards review following the publication of photographs showing her with New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel — both of whom are married to other people and have insisted their relationship is platonic.

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