Rescue 911 - Episode 104 - "St. Jays River"

When two women crash over the side of a bridge, a man risks his life to pull them from the submerged car. This segment was taken from Episode 104 which aired on September 26, 1989 on CBS.

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[russianamericanbaby]

what's 1 footed driving?? what's the difference?

[allgood2000]

@russianamericanbaby One footed driving means you work the gas pedal and the break pedal with your right foot. You don't use your left foot unless you're driving a manual transmission (aka stick shift), in which case you use your left foot to work the clutch pedal.

The driver in this video was used to driving a manual, so she wasn't used to driving with one foot. However, the car she was diving was an automatic, and she messed up and hit the gas and the break at the same time.

[AFGSANFORD2]

She was definetly a "Woman Driver". She should not have been driving such a big SUV.

How can she not know how to drive an automatic. Nationwide 50% of women cannot drive a stick shift (manual) transmission. Strange?

[allgood2000]

I guess she was used to driving a stick shift, and she hadn't gotten used to driving with one foot yet.

[irwintorres727]

even when driving stick you still only need one foot for gas and brake theres no difference, your left foot is for the clutch.

[allgood2000]

I know. What I meant was that she was used to having both feet on a pedal, so she put her left foot on the brake because she wasn't used to there not being a clutch pedal there.

I started off driving an automatic, and I learned how to drive stick when I was 21. Driving with two feet really messed with me at first, and I can understand why Paulette would have had trouble adjusting to driving with one foot when she was used to driving stick.

[vickiormindyb]

People from the family watched this video.

I think viewers should make their comments with that in mind.

I became a Paramedic, b/c my sister almost died in a medical emergency. The EMTs' helped us through the terror while Paramedics worked to save my sister's life.

How you respond to a person during-and even after-a trauma DOES affect them.

My opinion: After what they've been through, this family doesn't deserve negative comments.

[cuteredhead2110]

yeah the girl should of practiced in an empty parking lot if she wasn't used to an automatic.

[OneSkiWonder]

@allgood2000 I drive stick shift. I love it. Although I haven't made any mistakes with my feet going from manual to automatic, I can understand how one could mistake the gas as the brake and the brake as the clutch. In a manual, if you hit just the brake, you stall the car when you stop. Very understandable.

[TheStarSorceress]

@DubG9714

Oh, my God!!! Are you serious!!! How are you guys doing now? Are you guys still friends w/ Big Todd (who you're named after)?

[HometownK]

@allgood2000 Hey this is the Saint Joseph River not the Saint Jay's River..I was wondering if you could change that.

[superlurf]

I just war to give that lady's son a BIG kiss on the shoulder

[MegaPenguin911]

elkhart is way to close to southern michagin

[MegaPenguin911]

oh wow I live near elkart but i dont know the part of elkart were that other segment was.

[19Tammie70]

@AFGSANFORD2 I've driven vehicles as big as that before, and guess what? I've never gone all 'woman driver' and wrecked them.  It didn't happen because she's a female, you twit. It happened because she wasn't used to driving an automatic - regardless of wether the driver is a male or female.

[MUDSWAT]

Among the human race there are people who have special missions from God himself. Now most of these people don't know they have this mission and God won't interfere with these people but watch to see how they do. I feel Tod was one of these people and did good. Go Tod Mission Accomplished !!

[MusicontheBrain247]

@AFGSANFORD2 you're an idiot! It had nothing to do with the fact that she's a woman, it has to do with the fact that she was a new driver... if there is any finger pointing to be done at gender and driving, men have higher insurance rates because they are assumed to not be as careful behind the wheel... not all stereotypes are true so cut out the woman driver BS!

[michaelisbell]

@allgood2000 were they wearing a seat belt