Gained recognition in 1992 when, during the race riots in Los Angeles,
California, known as the "Rodney King riots", he rescued a
Japanese-American motorist who had been pulled out of his car and was
being beaten by a mob. The
motorist was semi-conscious and bleeding heavily when Williams rescued
him, and a passing black driver picked up the injured man from Williams
and drove him to a nearby hospital, where emergency surgery saved his
life.
