PICTURED: Tammi Arrington identified as Good Samaritan who pulled paralyzed Dennis Brown out of burning car after it erupted in flames in Dallas – as the pair reunite after rescue

The Good Samaritan who selflessly pulled a paralyzed man from a burning car has now been identified – after her selfless act likely saved his life.

Identified Wednesday as Tammi Arrington, 42, the mother of a child was visiting Dallas from Mississippi when the incident occurred, bravely pulling wheelchair-bound local Dennis Brown out of the burning car.

Now thanking his lucky stars that the woman happened to stop by, Brown posted a news post on social media with footage of the ordeal, drawing the attention of his rescuer.

The pair briefly lost touch in the frenzied aftermath of the incident, then shared a touching digital reunion where they publicly made plans to meet again in person.

After losing the ability to walk at age 22 after an encounter with a gunman, Brown escaped Sunday’s ordeal unscathed – despite being unable to use his legs and a nail-biting video showing how close he was burned alive .

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He told FOS 4: “I had rented a car from Enterprise… and this particular car was equipped with a hand control.

“I have been in this particular car several times. It looked like the car was about to give way,” he said, adding that at one point on Sunday he “looked up and the front was on fire.”

Brown still remembered panicking as he struggled to quickly assemble his wheelchair.

Just as he began to lose hope, he remembered, Arrington appeared beside him. Brown recalled how she initially tried to assemble his wheelchair while the car was on fire, but soon gave up when she realized the gravity of the situation.

“The car is now ablaze, it’s burning now,” he recalled two days after the close call.

“She’s trying to put my wheelchair together. She panics. I thought, “Oh, wow; Oh wow – this isn’t going to happen,” he recalled.

Fortunately, after much struggling, the mother — whose son is still in second grade according to her social media — was able to free him from the fire hazard, Brown said, which was filmed completely burned out moments later by another passerby.

It was not clear if the car, rented from a local Enterprise branch, ever exploded, although Brown’s comments to the Fox branch suggested the vehicle had already experienced problems.

Firefighters were filmed trying to put out the engine inferno shortly after, following Arrington’s courageous, impromptu rescue operation.

Fortunately, Brown was safe by then — and then shared a Fox 4 report showing the incredible footage on social media.

Within hours, Brown’s rescuer responded to the post and said she looks forward to meeting in person soon.

“I’m so glad you’re okay and glad we reconnected,” the Facebook user wrote in response to Brown’s replay, after the Texan expressed a desire to track her down and thank her.

“I look forward to having dinner with you and your lovely mother when I get back to Dallas.”

Brown quickly confirmed in a subsequent statement that Arrington was, in fact, the one who bailed him out, further revealing that Enterprise — one of the nation’s largest car rental companies — “reached out (refunding all charges with an apology for what happened) . .’

He did not specify what exactly caused the apparent engine fire.

Brown’s statement, posted on social media Wednesday afternoon, read: “I want to thank everyone who has checked on me and wish me the best of luck through this terrifying ordeal. God is Almighty.’

It continued: ‘The lady who risked her life and safety with her act of courage and heroism and pulled me out of the burning vehicle, we spoke to this morning. Her name is Tammi Arrington from Mississippi.

“There will be coverage of our reunion very soon,” he added. “Right now I’m still trying to wrap my head around it.

“Thanks again everyone.”

Less than a day earlier, Brown complained to Fox 4 that he had temporarily lost contact with Arrington, after being unable to retrieve her name before returning to a house she had visited.

“I would like to appreciate her for her heroic deed,” he told the channel at the time, appearing at one point with his elderly mother by his side.

“She went into danger to save me. Dragged me out. I’d like the chance to thank her.’

His mother, Julia, added, “I almost lost my child in this burning car,” she said. ‘I can’t thank her enough. If she hadn’t pulled it out, it would have burned in that car. She was his angel’.

Brown added how grateful he is for his unlikely hero, who he says has now given him a third life.

He told the Fox affiliate, “Life is beautiful, even from a sitting position.”