A Florida police officer credited with saving two passengers trapped in a submerged vehicle praised his recent exploits by saying, "When you have the opportunity to do something or save a life, you have to go and do it. "
Cocoa Police Department Cpl. Kenneth Brackin said he was about to take a shower after returning home Wednesday morning early after being home when he heard a "strident noise followed by a bang". When he ran outside, Brackin discovered that a car had rolled into a detention center.
Brackin, after trying to open several doors of the car, finally managed to free the two occupants of the vehicle, who said the water was about five feet deep and that there was only six inches of margin left. breathing in the vehicle.
None of the people in the vehicle were seriously injured.
A man who identified himself as the father of one of the passengers also said that if Brackin did not do so, "we would make the funeral arrangements now."
