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UPDATE
Tim Teseneer was on vacation driving on Daytona Beach with his wife and
two children Tuesday when they saw a minivan in the water and the waves
pounding on the doors.
“I heard them yelling for help,” Teseneer said.
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Teseneer is a volunteer firefighter in Rutherfordton (NC) and he said his natural instincts kicked in. He took off running.
He was the first person to get to the minivan and he said he tried to convince the woman to turn around.Teseneer and several others rescued the woman and her three children.
EARLIER
Witnesses in Daytona Beach watched as a woman drove her van full of children into the ocean Tuesday evening.
Bystanders and lifeguards jumped to the rescue and pulled the mother and her children out of the van as it was filling with water.
In video taken by Simon Besner, a tourist from Canada, the woman can be seen outside the van as lifeguards try to pull her children from the vehicle. Waves nearly pushed her under the van.
One lifeguard is seen walking out of the surf with two children in his arms.
Investigators said the woman was incoherent when they tried to speak with her.
Waves pounded the minivan, making it difficult for rescuers to pry open the doors, but they eventually grabbed the third child and brought the little one to safety.
The mother also made it out of the vehicle safely. She and the children were taken to nearby Halifax Health Medical Center.
Investigators said they are working to determine what caused the woman to veer into the ocean.
The mother, who was not immediately identified, was undergoing a mental evaluation at the hospital.
