Overview
- Five University of Georgia sorority sisters saved a mother and her two sons from a sinking SUV in rural Georgia.
- The students were on a trip to Savannah when they spotted the vehicle in the creek and immediately intervened.
- One of the children, a four-year-old boy, was underwater and unconscious; he was revived through CPR administered by one of the students, a former lifeguard.
- Local authorities praised the sorority members' quick action, crediting them with saving the lives of the mother and her children.
- The heroic students were made honorary deputies by the Burke County Sheriff's Department in recognition of their bravery.