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Caught on Camera: Florida officer jumps in canal to save woman trapped in sinking car
CAPE CORAL, Fla. – A Florida officer is being hailed a hero after he jumped right into a canal early Tuesday morning to rescue a lady who was trapped in her automobile.
In accordance with Cape Coral police, the girl drove her automobile into the canal round 3 a.m.
Bodycam footage exhibits Officer Kwesi Johnson leaping into the darkish water, busting out the driving force’s facet window and rescuing the girl from her sinking automobile.
One other officer then helps Johnson pull her to land.
“Is there anybody else within the automobile?” one officer requested the girl.
“No, there’s no person else however me,” she responds.
The officers then checked the girl out to verify she wasn’t injured. She informed them she was OK, however simply scared.
“My automobile,” the girl stated as she watched her automobile proceed to sink.
“It’s only a automobile,” one officer tells her.
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