Watch the incredible last-ditch rescue of three children from a 4-wheel drive in England just seconds before the car sank under water.
Driver Scott Swinford got into trouble when his car was caught in a flash flood underneath a railway bridge in the town of Hockley, Essex.
With the flood waters rising two locals residents Hannah King, 22, and Emma Burles, 26, saw the danger and quickly plunged into the water to save them.
With the help of another local, Jordan McNulty, 21, they pulled Mr Swinford’s son Reece, 8, and his niece and nephew, Jessica, 6, and Alfie, 4, from the Mitsubishi Pajero barely half a minute before the entire car was submerged.
“When we saw children were trapped in the car we didn’t think twice, we just jumped in the water and started swimming towards the car,” Miss King told the Mail Online. “I’m 5′ 2 and I couldn’t touch the floor it was so deep.”
“When we got to the car we could see the water was already up to the children’s legs.
“There were two boys and a little girl. The little girl was panicking because she couldn’t get her seat-belt undone and the water was rising really quickly.
“We couldn’t open the doors because of the water pressure so we helped them climb out the windows one by one.
“Because we couldn’t touch the ground, once we got a child out we passed them on to another local Jordan McNulty who came down to help us.
“Once the children were safe we helped the father get out. Literally within a minute the car went under the water.”
The paper said Swinford and the children were invited in by another local resident, who gave the children a hot bath and dry clothes.
Amazing footage of the dramatic rescue was captured on film by local resident Andrew Cause, who uploaded it to YouTube.
The original story appeared on NEWS.COM.AU