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PORT RICHEY - Tracy Olson cannot swim. But when he saw an elderly woman lose control and drive her car into a small pond behind his home, he knew he had to do something.
So Olson, a self-employed plumber, grabbed a hammer and dog-paddled his way to the sinking Ford Crown Victoria. He made his way to the car, broke one window with the hammer and managed to pull Ann Adamski, 86, to safety.
"He couldn't swim, but he jumped in," said Pasco County Sheriff's Sgt. Raymond Stanley. "He did what he had to do. He saved her life."
Olson broke the rear driver's side window, but Adamski's foot was stuck on something, preventing her from climbing out of the vehicle. That's when Olson remembered seeing alligators often sunning in his back yard.
"We've got to go," Olson said he told Adamski, "before the alligators get us."
Moments later, Adamski was out of the car and swimming for shore.
"We were both fumbling," Olson said. "I just kept pushing her to the shore. We were swimming through trees. It was a tangled mess."
Adamski told police that a car had swerved into her lane and she was trying to avoid a collision when she swerved through Olson's yard. She was not hurt.
"I'm just nervous," she said. "I just thank the Lord that I made it out."
http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/tallahassee/news/local/5819352.htm
So Olson, a self-employed plumber, grabbed a hammer and dog-paddled his way to the sinking Ford Crown Victoria. He made his way to the car, broke one window with the hammer and managed to pull Ann Adamski, 86, to safety.
"He couldn't swim, but he jumped in," said Pasco County Sheriff's Sgt. Raymond Stanley. "He did what he had to do. He saved her life."
Olson broke the rear driver's side window, but Adamski's foot was stuck on something, preventing her from climbing out of the vehicle. That's when Olson remembered seeing alligators often sunning in his back yard.
"We've got to go," Olson said he told Adamski, "before the alligators get us."
Moments later, Adamski was out of the car and swimming for shore.
"We were both fumbling," Olson said. "I just kept pushing her to the shore. We were swimming through trees. It was a tangled mess."
Adamski told police that a car had swerved into her lane and she was trying to avoid a collision when she swerved through Olson's yard. She was not hurt.
"I'm just nervous," she said. "I just thank the Lord that I made it out."
http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/tallahassee/news/local/5819352.htm
