{"id":991194,"date":"2021-11-09T19:14:07","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T00:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=991194"},"modified":"2021-11-09T19:14:10","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T00:14:10","slug":"watch-officers-rescue-woman-trapped-in-sinking-car-i-got-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-officers-rescue-woman-trapped-in-sinking-car-i-got-her\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH &#8211; Officers Rescue Woman Trapped in Sinking Car: &#039;I Got Her!&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-officers-rescue-woman-trapped-in-sinking-car-i-got-her%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=991194&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/police-cars-lights-crime-scene-arrest-stock-getty-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Citizens acted fast with help from Port Orange, Florida, police officers when a pizza delivery driver veered off the roadway and landed in a canal.<\/p>\n<p>The incident took place Friday after heavy rainfall <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/news\/dramatic-video-shows-woman-rescued-from-sinking-car-in-florida-canal\">caused<\/a> flash flooding to areas of Flagler and Volusia counties, Fox 35 reported.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The driver went off the flooded road and into a canal near Cedar in the Wood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe got a little confused and turned left directly into the canal because the water was level with the road,\u201d Port Orange Police Sgt. William Harrison told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>A neighbor called 911 and the officers rushed over to perform the rescue.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Three officers responded to the call and discovered a woman was trapped inside the car as it sank deeper and deeper in the water.<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\" readability=\"22.783427495292\">\n<p>Dramatic body cam footage <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=stdlpXYomhY\">shows<\/a> the officers in the water as they urge the driver to try and climb out the back of the vehicle:<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Woman rescued from sinking car\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/stdlpXYomhY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>Moments later, an officer begins breaking the car window and a woman is heard screaming from inside, but then the sound is cut off.<\/p>\n<p>Seconds pass before one officer tells the others, \u201cI got her!\u201d and pulls the woman out of the sinking car.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>They help her out of the water and one asks if she is alright as she kneels in the grass.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, I\u2019m okay,\u201d she tells him as she tries to catch her breath.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Sgt. Harrison noted one officer cut himself on the window\u2019s glass and said it can be very dangerous whenever officers enter the water because victims panic.<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\" readability=\"21.795348837209\">\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re dealing with moving water, wearing boots, vest, heavy gun belt. You\u2019ve got 20-25 pounds of gear on you. It\u2019s not the best environment for swimming,\u201d he commented.<\/p>\n<p>Doc Smith, who runs the community watch program, saw what happened and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eHZmis0ubHg\">told<\/a> WKMG that his neighbor rushed over to help:<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Port Orange officers rescue driver after car crashes into canal\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eHZmis0ubHg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnybody in this community that has an issue, there\u2019ll be somebody to help them. All the neighbors are wonderful,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Citizens acted fast with help from Port Orange, Florida, police officers when a pizza delivery driver veered off the roadway and landed in a canal. 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