South Africans save two women from sinking car in Hawaii
The women were following a GPS that led them down a boat slip-way...
NSRI Hout Bay rescue swimmer Martin Wesemann, his friend, Sean Hutchinson, and a fellow sailor assisted two females, believed to be sisters, from a sinking car.
The women allegedly drove down a boat slip-way into the Honokohau Marina and Small Boat Harbour in Kailua-Koan, Hawaii.
According to Wesseman, he and his friends had returned from a cruise on Hutchinson's boat. Hutchinson lives in Hawaii.
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"We were on the boat next to the slip-way when we noticed the vehicle, with a female driver and a female passenger, drive past us down the slipway without pausing and the vehicle entered the water before floating further into the harbour and begin to sink," he said.
"Both ladies were preparing to escape through the vehicles front windows and naturally Sean, and our fellow sailor Tony, and myself jumped into the water to assist them," he continued.
According to the official statement, Police, Fire, and Rescue Services and an ambulance arrived promptly at the scene.
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The two ladies were not injured and it's believed that the vehicle navigation system may have accidentally led them to drive down the slip-way.
"We were in the right place at the right time to help them," said Martin.
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