05-28-2007, 02:30 AM
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 Highway Angel saves child from sinking car
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The Truckload Carriers Association recently recognized C.R. England driver Richard Filiczkowski of Zion, Ill., as a Highway Angel for rescuing an 8-year-old girl from a sinking car.
Filiczkowski's wife and co-driver, Janet, was at the wheel eastbound on Interstate 90 near Plankinton, S.D., when she saw a 2005 PT Cruiser cross the median, drive across two lanes and off the road, then through a field and into a pond. She woke up her husband and safely brought their truck to a stop – but even before the truck stopped, Richard Filiczkowski had jumped out and started running toward the quickly sinking car, nearly a quarter-mile away.
The PT Cruiser’s driver was unresponsive, but a girl in the rear seat was screaming for help. Filiczkowski jumped into the water and told the girl to unlock all the doors. When she did, he was able to pull her from the car through the rear hatch and swim with her to shore.
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