Indian-American spine surgeon Sanjay Khurana was playing golf on Thursday when a single-engine plane crashed on the course. The pilot was none other than famous Hollywood actor Harrison Ford.
Dr Khurana was among the first to pull out the injured star from the wreckage.
When Dr Khurana saw the plane crash on the course, next to Santa Monica Airport, he followed his first instinct to rush to the plane to ensure the pilot was safe.
"He was stunned a bit," Dr Khurana said.
"He was moaning and in pain." Dr Khurana said he quickly recognised the famous pilot.
Dr Khurana, who was interviewed by numerous TV channels in Los Angeles, said aside from worrying about Mr Ford's injuries from the impact, he saw fuel leaking out of the World War II-era plane.
"We wanted to get him out safely and with the fuel leaking out, I motioned to some of the other folks at the golf course to put dirt on the fuel so it wouldn't combust. I just wanted to get him out safely so that the situation wouldn't erupt into a fire," Dr Khurana told channels.
Mr Ford is expected to make a full recovery.
The 72-year-old actor reported engine trouble shortly after taking off from Santa Monica Municipal Airport and asked for an immediate return to the airport, National Transportation Safety Board investigator Patrick Jones said.
The vintage WW-II airplane that Mr Ford was piloting clipped a tree before crashing, Mr Jones said.
Hours after the crash, Dr Khurana remained surprised by what occurred.
"You don't go golfing expecting to see an airplane crash and to help extract someone and realise it's someone you know from the movies, right? It's fairly bizarre," he told ABC News.
"But as a surgeon, I've been practicing for almost over a decade now, you deal with urgent situations. So you have to do your best for someone in distress."
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