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Video: Watch US student smash window to save 92-year-old man from sinking car | Video: Watch US student smash window to save 92-year-old man from sinking car |
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A dramatic video has emerged that shows a student save the life of a 92-year-old driver just moments after his vehicle had plunged into a lake in Florida. | A dramatic video has emerged that shows a student save the life of a 92-year-old driver just moments after his vehicle had plunged into a lake in Florida. |
Alton Brieske, a 21-year-old pre-med student, was ordering lunch at the Hurricane Grill & Wings in Port St Lucie, Florida, when he heard a people screaming outside the restaurant. | Alton Brieske, a 21-year-old pre-med student, was ordering lunch at the Hurricane Grill & Wings in Port St Lucie, Florida, when he heard a people screaming outside the restaurant. |
Keen to find out what was causing the commotion, Brieske rushed out to find a group of people watching a silver Lincoln with an unconscious elderly man in the front seat sinking into the lake. | Keen to find out what was causing the commotion, Brieske rushed out to find a group of people watching a silver Lincoln with an unconscious elderly man in the front seat sinking into the lake. |
Brieske dove into the water in an attempt to save the 92-year-old Salvatore Mancuso and was soon joined by two other men. | Brieske dove into the water in an attempt to save the 92-year-old Salvatore Mancuso and was soon joined by two other men. |
After attempts to open the door from the outside were unsuccessful, and a crack allowing water to fill the car was spotted, a quick-thinking Brieske decided that he had to smash the window to gain access. | After attempts to open the door from the outside were unsuccessful, and a crack allowing water to fill the car was spotted, a quick-thinking Brieske decided that he had to smash the window to gain access. |
Speaking to American news channel WPBF, Brieske said: “I was banging on the window saying, ‘Sir please, please, wake up’ and nothing happened. | Speaking to American news channel WPBF, Brieske said: “I was banging on the window saying, ‘Sir please, please, wake up’ and nothing happened. |
“Then I noticed a crack in the window, and when that happened, I was like we need to get him out of here because it is going to sink.” | “Then I noticed a crack in the window, and when that happened, I was like we need to get him out of here because it is going to sink.” |
Hammer in hand, Brieske smashed the back window and was able to open one of the doors, before dragging Mancuso back to dry land. | Hammer in hand, Brieske smashed the back window and was able to open one of the doors, before dragging Mancuso back to dry land. |
The heroics didn’t stop there though, and with Mancuso still unconscious Brieske revived the elederly man through CPR. | The heroics didn’t stop there though, and with Mancuso still unconscious Brieske revived the elederly man through CPR. |
An ambulance soon arrived to take Mancuso to a nearby hospital, where he is currently in a critical condition. | An ambulance soon arrived to take Mancuso to a nearby hospital, where he is currently in a critical condition. |
Reflecting on the event, the modest Brieske fended off claims that he was a hero. | |
He said: “People are saying you are a hero, but I am no hero, that was just my calling today, to save this guy.” | He said: “People are saying you are a hero, but I am no hero, that was just my calling today, to save this guy.” |
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