A former Marine came to the rescue of two distressed women after their car crashed into a freezing pond.
Carlos Fernandez was driving back from Kennedy Avenue, Indiana, US, on Thursday evening when he noticed a black car had crashed into a pond.
He stopped his car and thought about rescuing the vehicle from the water by using a chain in the back of his car.
Mr Fernandez said: "My original plan was, I was going to grab my chain from the back of my truck, and I was going to pull the car out."
However, when he walked over to the pond he was told by an eyewitness there were two stranded passengers in the vehicle.
The former Marine quickly leapt into action and set about saving the women.
He said: "I didn't know it was anybody in the car, and a gentlemen yelled out, 'There's two people in the car,' and as soon as I heard that, I instantly jumped in the water."
The hero, in recorded mobile phone footage, is seen jumping in and rescuing the two passengers with them over his arm.
He revealed: "They were both freaking out a little bit. They were both scared. You could tell.
"There wasn't a lot of water at that point in time, but once I opened the door, it became a lot of water."
It took Fernandez three trips into the pond to help rescue the passengers before Indiana State Police arrived.
He said: "When I opened the door, one by one started coming out, and I realised there was walkers in the back.
"One of the ladies had her foot stuck in the mud, and she couldn't walk, so I'm like, 'Alright, I'm carrying them out.'"
The former marine said Kennedy Avenue, where the car crashed, gets really dark at night and there are no signs to warn drivers, he claimed.
Mr Fernandez said: "I would like, if they can even put one of those signs right here that states 'Hey, you've got to turn this way,' because at night, you can't see this. Nobody knows this is here."
Fortunately, both of the women made it out of the car without any major injuries.
He's been praised for helping the passengers but admitted he was always trained to do the "right thing."
He added: "I just felt like it was the right thing to do. I think it was the Marine in me just, hey, you always have to do the right thing.
"Something we preach in the Marine Corps is integrity, doing the right thing when nobody is looking."
