Break Out

In 2005, Jesse Morgan's vehicle was struck by a drunk driver. The crash left him severely injured and trapped in his overturned Jeep, which soon caught fire. His knife and handgun were in the front cabin, but out of his reach.

Morgan was at the mercy of passersby who broke out his window to free him. “I wished I had something in that visor,” he says.

Though grateful for his rescuers, Morgan became motivated to create a tool that could aid vehicle crash victims to facilitate their own escape. That tool is the Extractor. Morgan, who has run a security business for over 25 years, created this multiuse tool to function as a seat-belt cutter and window-breaker. He developed a patent-pending “Qwik-Release Visor Clip” designed for instant accessibility. “It's something I could put out there to save people's lives, but actually make a profit at it,” says Morgan, president of Morgan Manufacturing in Fort Myers.