Thanks to a few fast-acting Good Samaritans and first responders, a mother, her son and their dog were rescued from a potentially deadly situation this past weekend when their 2014 Dodge Ram hit a rail and dove straight into the water.

According to 87-year-old Mary Watkins, her son’s medical boot got stuck on the accelerator in Long Beach, thus causing them to drive straight through the guardrail fence and into a marina.

A bystander captured the rescue footage that has since been posted to Facebook.

 

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Posted by Jeff Jones on Saturday, August 18, 2018

“I don’t want to sound philosophical, but you know what’s going to happen while it’s happening,” Watkins told the Long Beach Post.