12-Year-Old Commended After Flagging Down Cop and Helping Save His Mother’s Life After She Had A Seizure and Drove Into A Pond

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39-year-old Jonquetta Winbush was driving with her two children when she suffered from a seizure, causing her car to drive into a pond. Her 12-year-old son, Dwight, is being praised as a hero for swiftly flagging down West Orange police officer Charles Cobb for aid. Body cam footage shows Dwight urgently telling the officer,

“She’s having a seizure! She’s stuck, she’s in the water!,”

according to PEOPLE.

Officer Cobb comforts Dwight, promising to take him to his mother. As they rush to the pond, they see a gray sedan submerged, while Dwight’s 16-year-old sister, Bri-Asia, walks nearby.

On July 24, while driving with her children, Dwight and Bri-Asia, Winbush suffered from a seizure, causing her car to crash into a pond, as reported by the outlet.

The woman’s sister, Bevnisha Holman, told ABC News,

“My nephew was able to swim out of the car to my niece, who then told him to go call for help.” 

In the pond footage, Officer Cobb rushes to his car for a window punch, while nearby bystanders quickly react. Epifanio Munguia, driving by, stopped to assist with the situation.

Winbush was rescued from the water unconscious and without a pulse. Officer Cobb performed CPR for several minutes. After three weeks on a ventilator, thankfully, she is now recovering and breathing. 

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