A good Samaritan was one of dozens of people honored Wednesday by the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office for their heroic actions this year.
Jonathan Barajas received a Samaritan Award for his actions during a crash that claimed the lives of nine family members , including six kids.
“I look and I see a car flipped over, and there was bodies,” he said.
A SUV that lost control flipped over in a canal along Hatton Highway, near Belle Glade, in August.
WPTV“I go, oh my God,” said Barajas. “So I pull up to the side. I told my people in Spanish, hey, there’s kids in the car. Gotta get them out. And yeah, I jumped in.”
He said he did everything he could to try and save lives.
“There’s nothing we could do for the people inside,” said Barajas. “But the people that were floating, we were able to pull the bodies out.”
The sheriff’s office honored Barajas alongside the responding deputies who earned lifesaving medals.