A Long Island teen sprung into action Tuesday night after he witnessed a classmate drive her car into Patchogue Bay.Anthony Zhongor, 17, dove into the water after 18-year-old Mia Samolinski stepped on the gas pedal instead of the brake and drove into the bay just after 10 p.m., according toa news releasefrom Suffolk County Police.Zhongor was able to open one of the car’s door to pull Samolinski out and bring her safely to the dock, the release explained.According to police, both teens made it out uninjured.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Anthony Zhongor.FOX 5 New York/YouTube"She went pretty deep in there," Zhongor toldABC-7. “She was banging on the door, banging on the window, trying to break the window, of course, and that kind of got me nervous, scared for her, so I just took my clothes off and went into the water.“ABC-7 said that the teens were unable to unlock the door Zhongor decided to use his own weight to get the front of the car to go deeper into the water and lift the back-end out.For more on Long Island teen Anthony Zhongor, listen below to our daily podcast PEOPLE Every Day.“My weight made the nose of the car go deeper into the water, which helped the back get free,” he told the outlet. “And and we opened the back up, and she was able to escape through the back.“He continued, “She just came up to me and said, ‘Oh my God, thank you’ and was crying.“Anthony Zhongor and Charles Samolinski.FOX 5 New York/YouTubeThough the two attended the same high school, they did not know each other,Fox-5reported.Charles Samolinski, the woman’s father, called the rescue a “miracle.““He jumped out of his car and jumped in, and because of that, my daughter is alive and not really harmed,” he told ABC-7. “It’s a miracle.“Upon his graduation from high school next week Zhongor is set to start bootcamp training in September for the U.S. Marines in South Carolina, ABC-7 reported.
A Long Island teen sprung into action Tuesday night after he witnessed a classmate drive her car into Patchogue Bay.
Anthony Zhongor, 17, dove into the water after 18-year-old Mia Samolinski stepped on the gas pedal instead of the brake and drove into the bay just after 10 p.m., according toa news releasefrom Suffolk County Police.
Zhongor was able to open one of the car’s door to pull Samolinski out and bring her safely to the dock, the release explained.
According to police, both teens made it out uninjured.
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Anthony Zhongor.FOX 5 New York/YouTube
“She went pretty deep in there,” Zhongor toldABC-7. “She was banging on the door, banging on the window, trying to break the window, of course, and that kind of got me nervous, scared for her, so I just took my clothes off and went into the water.”
ABC-7 said that the teens were unable to unlock the door Zhongor decided to use his own weight to get the front of the car to go deeper into the water and lift the back-end out.
For more on Long Island teen Anthony Zhongor, listen below to our daily podcast PEOPLE Every Day.
“My weight made the nose of the car go deeper into the water, which helped the back get free,” he told the outlet. “And and we opened the back up, and she was able to escape through the back.”
He continued, “She just came up to me and said, ‘Oh my God, thank you’ and was crying.”
Anthony Zhongor and Charles Samolinski.FOX 5 New York/YouTube
Though the two attended the same high school, they did not know each other,Fox-5reported.
Charles Samolinski, the woman’s father, called the rescue a “miracle.”
“He jumped out of his car and jumped in, and because of that, my daughter is alive and not really harmed,” he told ABC-7. “It’s a miracle.”
Upon his graduation from high school next week Zhongor is set to start bootcamp training in September for the U.S. Marines in South Carolina, ABC-7 reported.
source: people.com
