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Good Samaritan rescues driver after car goes into Baltimore Inner Harbor

Good Samaritan rescues driver after car goes into Baltimore Inner Harbor
SURE TO TURN ON PUSH ALERTS FOR LATEBREAKING DETAILS. RIGHT NOW BALTIMORE POLICE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW A CAR ENDED UP IN THE INNER HARBOR THIS AFTERNOON. WITNESS JJ FARLEY SENT THIS VIDEO TO TV 11 NEWS. THIS HAPPENED BEFORE 4:30. 11 NEWS SPOKE WITH A WITNESS WHO SAYS THE HERO WHO SAVED THE DRIVER IS A CHEF FROM PHILLIPS SEAFOOD. >> I SEEN A PHILLIPS WORKER WENT IN THE WATER, HAD TO USE SOMETHING TO BUST THE WINDOW OPEN. SO WHEN HE FINALLY GOT THE GUY OUT, SOMEBODY ELSE HAD TO USE ROPES AND HELP THE GUY OUT OF THE WATER. KAI: BOTH THE DRIVER AND RESCUER WE
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Good Samaritan rescues driver after car goes into Baltimore Inner Harbor
A good Samaritan rescued the driver of a car that went into the water Wednesday afternoon at the Inner Harbor in Baltimore, Maryland.City police said officers were called around 4:25 p.m. for a car in the water.Police said the good Samaritan and the driver were taken to a hospital with minor injuries.A witness said the rescuer was a worker at a nearby Phillip's Seafood Restaurant."I (saw) a Phillip's worker went in the water, had to use something to bust the window open, so when he finally got the guy out, somebody else had to use one of those orange ropes and help the guy out of the water," Jeremiah Mayo said.The Baltimore Firefighters IAFF Local 734 said firefighters and fire boats responded to the call.

A good Samaritan rescued the driver of a car that went into the water Wednesday afternoon at the Inner Harbor in Baltimore, Maryland.

City police said officers were called around 4:25 p.m. for a car in the water.

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Police said the good Samaritan and the driver were taken to a hospital with minor injuries.

A witness said the rescuer was a worker at a nearby Phillip's Seafood Restaurant.

"I (saw) a Phillip's worker went in the water, had to use something to bust the window open, so when he finally got the guy out, somebody else had to use one of those orange ropes and help the guy out of the water," Jeremiah Mayo said.

The Baltimore Firefighters IAFF Local 734 said firefighters and fire boats responded to the call.