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Daily Do Good: Car Plunges Into Frigid Lake, Teen Jumps In To Save Driver

A 16-year-old student and his father are being commended for coming to the aid of a man who crashed his vehicle into a frigid lake in Chandler, Arizona. When a driver veered into the lake near their apartment complex, Ethan Cakmak and his dad, Erkan Cakmak, rushed to see if they could help. Finding an SUV submerged in the water, Ethan, who had just gotten home from school, didn’t hesitate to jump into the cold water and swim out to the vehicle.

Once he reached the vehicle, the teen could see that the driver was unconscious, but was breathing. Unable to open the door or break the window, Ethan swam back to shore, reassured by the fact that the man was alive and breathing, the car wasn’t sinking any further, and his father had already contacted 911.

Emergency services arrived promptly and members of the Chandler fire and police departments rescued the man from the water and transported him to a nearby hospital. The father and son’s quick response garnered praise from local authorities, and the Chandler Unified School District took to social media to express their pride in one of their students.

Source: PEOPLE

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