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FOUND HERSELF RACING TO SAVE HER
BABY'S LIFE.
IT'S TERRIFYING A TO WATCH, A
YOUNG MOTHER AND HER BABY
WALKING ON THE SIDEWALK THEN IN
A SPLIT-SECOND, A CAR CAREENS
OUT OF CONTROL AND HITS THEM
BOTH.
17-YEAR-OLD YOLANDA IS GRATEFUL
FOR WHAT IS, THAT SHE'S NOW SAFE
AT HOME WITH HER DAUGHTER,
PEARLA.
BUT IT'S THE NIGHTMARE OF WHAT
COULD HAVE BEEN THAT KEEPS
PLAYING OVER AND OVER IN HER
MIND.
SHE SAYS WHEN THE CAR HEADED
TOWARDS THEM.
SHE TRIED FRANTICALLY TO GET HER
BABY OUT OF THE WAY, BUT THE
STROLLER WAS SWEPT UNDER THE CAR
WITH NO TIME TO THINK, SHE PULLS
HERSELF UP AND RUSHES TO GET FAR
ENOUGH UNDERNEATH THE CAR TO
BRING HER 8-MONTH-OLD BABY TO
SAFETY.
>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT
VIDEOTAPE, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
GOD HELP US.
I SAID GOD HELP US.
>> ALANDRA SAID SHE SCREAMED FOR
HELP, EVERYTHING HAPPENED SO
FAST, SHE HAD ALREADY RESCUED
HER DAUGHTER BY THE TIME PEOPLE
RAN TO HER.
>> WE HEARD A BIG *** AND ALL
OF A SUDDEN I'M HEARING A BABY,
A BABY AND THE CAR HIT IN FRONT
OF OUR STORE.
>> THE DRIVER OF THE LIVERY CAB
THAT HIT THEM POLICE SAY
SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK AND LOST
CONSCIOUSNESS BEHIND THE WHEEL
AND LATER DIED.
>> DOES THIS FEEL LIKE A BAD
DREAM?
>> NORMALLY, I DON'T WANT TO
REMEMBER IT.
BUT IT KEEPS GOING AROUND MY
HEAD.
I'M SCARED NOW TO GO OUTSIDE BY
MYSELF.
>> YOU'RE SCARED TO GO OUTSIDE
BY YOURSELF?
>> YES.
>> BOTH MOTHER AND DAUGHTER
ESCAPED SERIOUS INJURY.
BUT BABY PEARLA WAS KEPT IN THE
HOSPITAL OVERNIGHT FOR
OBSERVATION.
RELATIVES LIKE COUSIN VANESSA
SANCHEZ ARE JUST GRATEFUL
THEY'RE ALIVE.
>> IT WAS JUST CRAZY.
AND WE, MY MOM WERE LIKE, SHE
REACTED SO FAST.
AND WE WOULD HAVE BEEN SO
SCARED.
AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN WHAT
TO DO.
IT LOOKED LIKE THE STROLLER GOT
COMPLETELY CRUSHED BY THE CAR,
IT WAS JUST A MIRACLE THAT
PEARLA DIDN'T GET HURT.
>> NOW BABY PEARLA WAS RELEASED
FROM THE HOSPITAL EARLIER TODAY.