Former Marine rescues two women from car trapped in water

HAMMOND, Ind. (WLS) – Cellphone video caught the moment a former Marine jumped into action in northwest Indiana to save two women.Carlos Fernandez ...

January 22, 2023
9:54 PM

HAMMOND, Ind. (WLS) – Cellphone video caught the moment a former Marine jumped into action in northwest Indiana to save two women.Carlos Fernandez was driving near I-80 and Kennedy Avenue near Hammond around 6 p.m. Thursday when he noticed a black car off the road and submerged in water.'My original plan was I was gonna grab my chain from the back of my truck and I was gonna pull the car out,' he said. 'I didn't know there was anybody in the car, and a gentleman yelled out, ‘There's two people in the car.

Maher Kawash