Dramatic rescue of driver trapped in Chantilly pond captured on camera

Fairfax County police and Fairfax County Fire and Rescue saved a driver trapped inside a deep pond in Chantilly, Virginia with only minutes to spare Sunday afternoon.

Body-worn camera video shows the daunting conditions first responders faced as they tried to pull the woman who was trapped inside her sinking car.

“It was continuing to submerge. The windows were all up. Pounded on the window, and, as I said, the driver was unconscious and continuing to sink further and further into the water,” said Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Battalion Chief Randal Bittinger…

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