ORLANDO, Fla. —A woman was rescued from her sinking car after driving into a retention pond overnight.
A good Samaritan and firefighters jumped into action and pulled the 33-year-old woman from the pond on John Young Parkway near Grand Central Parkway at 3:25 a.m.
According to authorities, a newspaper delivery person was behind the woman when the car went out of control and went into the pond.
The delivery person tried to rescue the woman, but was unable to get her out.
According to rescuers, the front seat of the car was completely submerged in the water, so the woman had to climb into the back seat to breathe.
Orlando Fire Department firefighters broke a window in the car and pulled the woman out.
Crews said two minutes after rescuing the woman, the car was submerged.
The woman was not hurt and did not want to go to the hospital, officials said. She told authorities she was on her way to work when the incident happened.
Her car, a four-door Dodge Avenger, was pulled out of the water.
Curt Isakson is a 35 year veteran of the fire service. Curt is currently a Battalion Chief for Escambia County Fire Rescue. Previously worked 9 years with the Pensacola Fire Department where he was assigned as the Company Officer on Rescue 31. Curt’s fire service experiences started at a young age as a Junior firefighter with the Midway Fire Protection District and rose through the ranks to Captain. He has worked in volunteer, career, and combination departments.
Curt has held all ranks up to Battalion Chief and been assigned to operations, training, inspections, and was Chief of Special Operations for 7 years. Curt owns and operates County Fire Tactics that covers a very diverse range of fire service topics, as well as Firefighter Rescues, a site that documents rescues made by firefighters around the country.
He has annual contracts with numerous departments to provide standardized monthly training for these departments that respond daily together under an automatic aid agreement. Curt teaches nationally to include; FDIC, Firehouse Expo, Firehouse World, Orlando Fire Conference, Atlanta Fire Conference, Bowling Green State University, and owns/operates the annual HROC, COBC, WOTF, CFT ODP on Pensacola Beach. He is a Florida Certified Fire Officer, Instructor, Inspector, Arson, and FLUSAR.
