Florida First Responders Rescue Family and Christmas Gifts from Submerged Car
After a Christmas Day car crash, deputies and firefighters retrieve and deliver presents to children at the hospital.
- A woman and her three children were rescued from their car after it crashed into a ditch filled with water on Interstate 95 in Florida on Christmas Day.
- The car had veered off the highway, hit a pole, and rolled over before landing in the ditch.
- First responders, including deputies from the Volusia Sheriff's Office and Ormond Beach firefighters, arrived at the scene to assist the family.
- The children's Christmas presents, which were in the car at the time of the crash, were retrieved by the first responders who formed a human chain to reach the submerged vehicle.
- The presents were then taken to the sheriff's office, where they were dried, sorted, and supplemented with additional donated gifts before being delivered to the children at the hospital.