A 12-year-old boy called in police in Texas to help rescue his mother after she had a seizure while driving and fell into a pond.
On June 24, Dwight Winbush revealed on Good Morning America (GMA) that his actions helped save his mother's life. Reported Wednesday. (RELATED: Body camera footage shows deputies rescuing 5-year-old autistic boy who ran away from home)
Police body camera footage Captured At that moment, the little Winbush waved to the police car. “I'm having a seizure! I can't move! I'm in the water, help me!” Dwight told the officers. Officer Charles Cobb of the West Orange Police Department told the boy to “jump” in the patrol car and headed to the scene. The partially submerged car, driven by Dwight's mother, Jonquetta Winbush, was near the center of the pond.
“Is she in? Is anyone there?” Cobb yelled at Dwight's 16-year-old sister, Bri Asia, who had gotten out of the car. Cobb waded into the pond and tried to open the car door but was unsuccessful. Cobb then returned to his patrol car and retrieved a window punch to gain entry to the car. “Here, here's a punch,” Cobb told the good Samaritan as he re-entered the pond. The next clip from the video shows officers administering CPR to John Quetta surrounded by multiple people.
Good Samaritan Epifanio Munguia joined the rescue effort, GMA reported. “I realized at that moment that it was happening, so I parked my car and jumped into the water,” he told ABC News.
“And as soon as I opened the front door I heard a voice say, 'I've got her,' and I felt like I'd won the lottery,” Munguia was quoted as saying.
John Quetta remains hospitalized from the effects of the incident but has now recovered and is able to breathe without the aid of a ventilator, her sister, Bevnisha Holman, told the outlet. “My sister, my nieces and nephews, we all needed you. You helped us. You didn't hesitate,” Holman was quoted as saying about the men who rescued her sister.
The city of West Orange, Texas, praised Jonquetta for its “courageous efforts to save the city.” [Winbush]Cobb wrote this eulogy in a letter praising them, and they also cited two other good Samaritans, Cory Bull and Epifanio Munguia.
During the ceremony, a city official read that Cobb's actions “directly saved the life of Johnquetta Wishbush.”