The majority of people are familiar with Mark Harmon from his work on NCIS as Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs. He portrays a competent officer who is not afraid to break the law to accomplish a task and defend those in need. And it appears that the actor possesses a similar bravery in real life.

Long before he was a hero on TV, Mark Harmon performed a brave act in real life. He extricated someone from a blazing car in January 1996. Colin Specht, a 16-year-old teenager, was trapped inside a flaming car, and Harmon performed a spectacular rescue just in time!

Two adolescents were involved in an accident when they missed a curve and hit a tree. According to the report, the vehicle “flipped over and burst into flames” with one of the lads still inside.

Harmon’s house was right near to the accident. He got a sledgehammer, cracked one of the car’s windows, and helped the adolescent escape to safety. According to sources, the small boy had burns covering over 30% of his body. Years later, he still claims that if Harmon hadn’t saved him that day, he would have died.

In a 2013 interview, Specht remarked that “people always say, like, ‘Oh, is he your angel?'” years after the crucial day. Mark Harmon is not an angel, I’m thinking. He is greater. since an angel has no awareness of death. I mean, this dude was married and had children. Not just a good guy, either. It was both the father and the husband of someone. And perhaps that’s what led him there because he thought, “[He’s] somebody’s son.” He entered there and pulled me out.

You grow to love the actor even more after learning this about him. Even before he began his long-running role as Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs, Harmon succeeded in all he attempted. He excelled at UCLA as a football player in his youth. He began acting and rose to fame as one of the 1980s’ biggest heartthrobs.

The actor reportedly amassed a net worth of about $100 million due to his success in acting. The actor has succeeded, yet he still keeps a low profile. If other people think I look okay, wonderful, but I don’t see it myself, he once commented. All I see in the mirror are my football scars and many false teeth.

There are more talented men in Harmon’s family as well. In actuality, Tom Harmon, his father, was an All-American football player and Heisman Trophy winner in 1940. In 1941, he was selected first overall in the NFL Draft. However, the older Harmon left football to join the Second World War as a fighter pilot. He discovered a profession in TV sports after the war. Elyse Knox, Harmon’s mother, was an actress. Kristin and Kelly, Harmon’s other sisters, are female.

The actor was a star quarterback for UCLA and enjoyed a promising football career before pursuing acting instead. He decided to pursue an entertainment career instead. After his sister wed musician Rick Nelson, he made this choice. His sister’s parents-in-law were 1950’s TV stars Ozzie and Harriet Nelson; her husband was practically Hollywood royalty.

In the end, it was his bond with his sister’s father-in-law that transformed his life. The hit television show Ozzie and Harriet’s spinoff, Ozzie’s Girls, was being filmed by Ozzie Nelson. He once requested Mark to fill in for an absent actor. Being on set felt exhilarating to Mark, and he recalls that day is what changed everything for him. The actor declared, “That changed my course.”

It is wonderful that the actor decided to pursue this line of work. Can you imagine NCIS without him? Never!

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