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BREAKING NEWS OF A
MAN RESCUED FROM
HIS CAR AFTER HE
WENT OFF THE ROAD
AND INTO AN ICY COLD
FISHERS RETENTION
POND.
TONIGHT... ONLY ON
13... I CAN SHOW YOU
WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE
WHEN A CAR HEADS
"UNDER WATER" -- AND
WHAT YOU NEED TO DO
TO GET OUT.
IT STARTS WITH A
WOMAN WHO FOUND
HERSELF IN THAT
SITUATION, AND WHAT
SHE DID TO LIVE TO
TELL THE STORY.
--SOT--IN 607-J:DID THE
CAR SPIN? C: WE
STARTED SPINNING.
IT ALL HAPPENED SO
FAST....
J: AND YOU HIT THE
FENCE. C: WE CRASHED
RIGHT INTO THE FENCE
SNOW COVERED
ROADS...JUST TWO
DAYS AFTER
CHRISTMAS
-- C: AND BUMP BUMP
BUMP, AND THEN WE
STOPPED.
NEAR 116TH STREET --
HEADED EAST TOWARD
HOOSIER ROAD.
-- AND THAT'S WHEN I
REALIZED WE WERE IN
THE WATER.. :10
WHAT CARRIE
MATTINGLY DID NEXT
SAVED HER LIFE -- AND
HER FIVE-YEAR-OLD
DAUGHTER AVA.
--SOT--IN 204--I SAID
"AVA, OH MY GOD
WE'RE IN WATER -- ROLL
YOUR WINDOW DOWN
AND UNBUCKLE" :04
THE WATER BEGAN
POURING INTO THE CAR
-- COVERING HER FEET
-- THEN HER KNEES.
WHEN IT REACHED HER
WAIST, CARRIE KNEW IT
WAS TIME TO GET OUT.
--SOT--IN 336-SO, I
CLIMBED OUT OF MY
WINDOW INTO THE
WATER AND WAS ABLE
TO PULL HER THROUGH
HER WINDOW -- AGAIN
WE WERE ABLE TO GET
THEM DOWN SO I WAS
ABLE TO PULL HER OUT
-- :07
EXPERTS CALL IT A
TEXTBOOK ESCAPE --
QUICK ACTION AFTER
THE INITIAL SHOCK OF
GOING FROM A SOLID
ROAD TO A 70-FOOT
DEEP RETENTION POND
IN THE BLINK OF AN
EYE.
--STANDUP--IN 1354-
CARRIE SAID SHE
THOUGHT SUCH A
THING WOULD NEVER
HAPPEN TO HER -- WHO
WOULD? BUT THE FACT
IS THAT IT WILL
HAPPEN TO DOZENS OF
HOOSIERS OVER THE
NEXT FEW YEARS
ALONE. AND IF YOU'RE
WATCHING THIS RIGHT
NOW -- ONE OF THEM
COULD BE YOU. :14
SO, TO SHOW YOU
WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE
IN A SINKING CAR -- WE
TURNED TO THE
FISHERS FIRE
DEPARTMENT DIVE
TEAM -- AND A 1999
CHRYSLER -- AT GEIST
RESERVOIR.
WE SET IT UP WITH 3
CAMERAS.
HERE'S THE VIEW FROM
THE HOOD -- LOOKING
BACK AT THE DRIVER.
THE DRIVER HIMSELF
GETS THIS VIEW.
THIS CAMERA IS
MOUNTED ON HE
PASSENGER SIDE DOOR.
WITH ALL THE
CAMERAS RUNNING --
WE LET THE CAR LOOSE
DOWN THE BOAT RAMP
-- WHERE IT HITS THE
WATER ABOUT ABOUT
10 MILES PER HOUR.
SINCE THE ENGINE IS
HEAVIEST -- IT BEGINS
TO PULL THE CAR
DOWN WITHIN
SECONDS.
IT IS QUIET -- DARK --
AND DEADLY.
AFTER ABOUT 4
MINUTES -- IT'S GONE.
--IN--2909-YOU'VE GOT
TO HAVE THE
PRESENCE OF MIND TO
SAVE YOURSELF -- JUST
LIKE WE HAVE ACTION
PLANS AT HOME FOR A
FIRE DRILL :07
FIRST OF ALL: GET OUT
OF YOUR SEAT BELT.
THEN -- OPEN THE
WINDOWS.
AFTER THAT -- GET OUT
OF THE CAR.
CALLING 9-1-1, AND
WAITING FOR HELP, IS A
WASTE OF VALUABLE
TIME.
--IN--2811--OH, I'VE GOT
TO CALL 9-1-1 -- I'VE
GOT TO DO THIS JUST
TO GET MY PHONE OUT,
I'VE GOT TO SLIDE IT --
MOST OF US WHO HAVE
SMART PHONES IF
YOUR FINGERS HAVE
ANY TYPE OF
CONDENSATION --
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO
BE ABLE TO GET YOUR
PASSWORD IN TO CALL
9-1-1. J: SO YOU'VE
WASTED 30 SECONDS.
AT LEAST! :18
ONCE YOU LOWER THE
WINDOWS, EXPERTS
SAY YOU'VE GOT TO BE
READY TO MOVE.
--STANDUP--IN 20555-IT
TAKES ABOUT 4 AND A
HALF MINUTES FOR THE
AVERAGE CAR TO SINK
WITH THE WINDOWS UP
-- BUT WE WANT TO SEE
HOW FAST IT SINKS
WITH THE WINDOWS
DOWN, SO THIS TIME,
WE'RE GOING TO BREAK
OUT HE WINDOWS TO
GIVE YOU A LOOK. :13
SAME CAMERAS --
SAME VIEWS -- WITH A
MUCH QUICKER
RESULT.
IN THIS CASE -- THE
CAR SINKS IN ABOUT
HALF THE TIME.
--IN-14541-JOHN: I
GUESS THE OVERALL
ANSWER IS THAT
TIMING IS
EVERYTHING.... ERIC:
MM-HM. IF YOU HAVE
THE RIGHT MINDSET --
THAT YOU'RE GOING TO
SURVIVE THAT YOU'RE
GOING TO GET OUT --
JUST DO IT. :08
CARRIE MATTINGLY
SAYS SHE NEVER
DOUBTED THAT SHE
WOULD SURVIVE HER
ACCIDENT -- BECAUSE
SHE KNEW WHAT SHE
HAD TO DO.
---IN 1129-WHEN YOU
GET YOURSELF INTO A
SITUATION LIKE THAT,
IF GOD FORBID YOU DO -
KNOW WHAT TO DO.
GET THOSE WINDOWS
DOWN. GET
UNBUCKLED. :09
AND -- GET OUT.
CARRIE MATTINGLY
SAYS SHE ALWAYS HAD
IN THE BACK OF HER
MIND WHAT TO DO IF
HER CAR WENT INTO
THE WATER -- BECAUSE
SHE SAW IT ON THE
OPRAH WINFREY SHOW
YEARS AGO HERE ON
CHANNEL 13.
BUT -- KNOWING WHAT
TO DO IS ONLY A
STARTING POINT.
DOING IT WHEN YOU
HAVE TO -- CAN SAVE
YOUR LIFE....
DOES NOT WORK ON
POLYCARBONATE
WINDOWS.... BUT
WORKS ON MOST
OTHERS