A Muslim gas station attendant in New York City saved a Jewish synagogue from arson with his phone call to 911.

Syed Ali, a Pakistani immigrant watched in disbelief after a man, a Bosnian Muslim who bought gasoline, marched across the street, and began dousing the front of the temple.

Police arrived before the match was struck. Ali declined the mantle of hero saying, "It was a sacred place he was going to destroy."