Nine surveillance cameras tape video rescue by police of woman drowning in her car
An off-duty cop helped Chinese police save a woman from committing suicide. She drove her car into the Wusong River to drown.
The rescue took 17 minutes.
The incident is captured on nine police surveillance videos linked here:
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The woman was never identified. No updates were given on her health status.
An off-duty policeman who was fishing, Wang Liang, witnessed the event. He reported the incident to local police. They called a ferry to pull the car to shore.
The video shows Xie Haifeng, a local policeman, breaking the driver's side window with a hammer and pulling the victim to safety.
Xie Haifeng