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A group of women walking connected a play roadworthy travel tin now adhd "lifesavers" to their resume.
Five students from nan University of Georgia are being honored arsenic heroes aft they took action during a melodramatic move of events past weekend.
Eleanor Cart, Kaitlyn Iannace, Clarke Jones, Jane McArdle and Molly McCollum were walking from Athens, Georgia, to Savannah, Georgia, for a play of St. Patrick’s Day festivities.
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After turning on Murray Hill Road successful Burke County, Georgia, nan group of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority sisters approached nan Brier Creek span — and saw thing odd.
They saw a particulate unreality beneath nan span pinch a flask of achromatic light, McCollum told Fox 5 Atlanta.
The students instantly acted erstwhile they saw that group were still successful nan vehicle, which was almost afloat submerged. (Burke County Sheriff's Office)
"We benignant of for illustration pulled complete ace fast, turn, spell down this elevation to this vessel ramp area — and we conscionable spot this achromatic minivan submerged underwater," she said.
The young women jumped retired of their car and toward nan 3 passengers.
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"Two of nan women quickly entered nan h2o to get nan victims to information while nan others gathered supplies and communicated pinch emergency responders," according to Online Athens.
"We spot nan mom popular retired of nan car… We’re conscionable tag-teaming, trying to get nan children out of nan water," McCollum told Fox 5 Atlanta.
The assemblage student said that on pinch nan mother, location were 2 children successful nan backmost of nan car — one astir 4 years old.
The 5 students progressive successful helping nan family were headed to Savannah, Georgia, for St. Patrick's Day weekend. (Burke County Sheriff's Office)
"He was afloat under[water] for … we deliberation astir 4 aliases 5 minutes," she said.
While 1 student called 911, different put her lifeguarding skills to nan trial by performing CPR connected 1 of nan children.
Clarke Jones said it was a "worst-case situation" — but somehow, wrong a minute, nan kid began responding.
"It was truthful surreal. I mean, nan mom conscionable went and picked up her kid and we each conscionable benignant of looked astatine each different and instantly started sobbing," Jones said.
The 3 people, including 2 children, who had been wrong nan car were taken to nan hospital. (Burke County Sheriff's Office)
The Burke County Sheriff’s Office said each 3 survivors of nan incident were transferred to a infirmary — and that they were released nan adjacent day.
The 5 women who took portion successful nan rescue were honored pinch a lifesaving heroism proclamation from nan University of Georgia.
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UGA president Jere W. Morehead said, "I americium truthful proud of these heroic students and their exemplary enactment of courageousness and teamwork," successful a property release.
All 5 first-year students will besides beryllium honored astatine this year’s Kappa Alpha Theta Grand Convention for their fearlessness and bravery.
"All occupants were conscious and alert erstwhile transported from nan scene."
The Sardis Police Department of Sardis, Georgia, wrote successful a station connected Facebook that nan 5 young women "saw nan mishap hap and without hesitation entered nan h2o and began to assistance nan occupants retired of nan vehicle. These 5 young ladies were nan superior facet successful ensuring that nan occupants were capable to get retired of and connected apical of nan vehicle."
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It besides thanked section emergency work groups for their thief successful nan rescue efforts arsenic well.
The constabulary section added, "We particularly want to convey nan 5 students for their selflessness and enactment of courage! The word ‘hero’ gets said astir sports stars and others, but these 5 are existent heroes!!"
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The section added, "All occupants were conscious and alert erstwhile transported from nan scene. Pray for nan family!"
Fox News Digital reached retired to nan students for further comment.
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Brittany Kasko is simply a manner accumulation adjunct pinch Fox News Digital.
