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Good Samaritans Jump into the Ocean to Save Driver in Sinking Car
We often hear about people being in the right place at the right time. Sometimes, those serendipitous moments lead to something incredible. Such was the case in Virginia Beach, Virginia, on January 16. A woman drove her SUV into the water behind Bubba’s Restaurant on Shore Drive. That’s when a group of strangers came to the rescue. The good Samaritans jumped into the ocean waters to pull the driver from the rapidly sinking vehicle.
“The car started to sink, and then two of these guys, these citizens, heroines, just lifted this person out of the water as the car was gone,” Bubba’s manager, Dan Baker, told WAVY. “I mean, they just lifted this person out of the water. It was crazy. It was surreal.”
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Video Captured the Good Samaritan’s Heroic Rescue
A Bubba’s Restaurant employee shared a video of the Good Samaritans pulling the woman from the water. Jeremy Way, a Navy aviation rescue swimmer for 17 years, was eating at Bubba’s when the car hit the water. He jumped into the water to help.
“I told her to ‘unlock it, unlock it’. And she was like, ‘No, I’m not unlocking it. I don’t want to be here,’” Jeremy recalled. “I told her, like, ‘We’ve all been there, just unlock it.’ She no longer could unlock it. She tried picking it with her fingers and tried to unlock the door, but it wasn’t working.”
When they finally pulled the woman from the water, Jeremy held her tight and did his best to console her while they waited for help to arrive.
“We’ve all been there and got her out of the water, got myself out of the water, out of the boat, rather, and that was it. EMS took care of her after that point,” he said.
Being a good Samaritan is part of Jeremy’s way of life. He said the military’s motto, “so others may live,” helped shape him.
We hope that women feel all the love they deserve and know they have an angel watching over them.
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