Texas A&M University Grad's Valiant Rescue Of Iraqi Girl Captured On Film (Video)

COLLEGE STATION, TX — One of the core values at Texas A&M University to which students are expected to adhere is the ideal of selfless service. Alumnus David Eubank carried within him that sense of duty on a faraway battlefield in Iraq, where he saved a little girl from the terrorists' bullets in a daring rescue that was recorded.

Amid a gun battle between U.S. forces and ISIS members, Eubank saw a little girl no older than five years old among the remains of her family members killed by terrorists. He made a split decision to run over and extract her from the line of fire even while thinking he might not make it out of the rescue alive.

“I thought, ‘If I die doing this, my wife and kids would understand,’” he told the Los Angeles Times. Somebody recorded the dramatic rescue and uploaded it to YouTube. Eubank's valiant effort even while under fire speaks for itself:

It's a truly remarkable piece of footage, at once depicting both the horrors of war and the generosity of the human spirit at its most extreme. In just 30 seconds' worth of footage, the video shows that even where evil lurks and death is omnipresent, love can still exist; that in a place darkened with dread and despair, the light of heroism can still shine.

Eubank, 56, is no stranger to altruistic acts in the name of service. As detailed in the Los Angeles Times and a profile in the Texas A&M alumni magazine, he served 10 years in the U.S. Army, first as a Ranger and then as a commander of the U.S. Special Forces after having dreamed of being a soldier even as a toddler growing up in Texas.

But he didn't stop there. As the son of missionaries, he was inspired to form a group called Free Burma Rangers helping those displaced by civil war. His family has joined him in the mission, as his wife and children pitch in to provide food and medical care while promoting Christian ideals.

“I believe God sent me here, and I don’t think about security,” Eubank told the Times. "But I always ask myself if I’m doing it out of pride."

>>> Photo: Airmen assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron prepare to load a Joint Direct Attack Munition onto an aircraft Oct. 19, 2016. U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Miles Wilson via Wikimedia Commons