Trainee cop Kiesha McJannet relives heroic moment she saved a woman from ... trends now
View
comments
A junior police officer has relived the heroic moment how she risked her life to rescue a 60-year-old woman from her sinking car.
Probationary Constable Kiesha McJannet jumped into Dee Why Lagoon, in Sydney's north, about 12.30am on Sunday after the woman lost control of her car.
The 60-year-old woman left Pittwater Road, had left the road and crashed through the bushes before landing in the water and immediately began to sink.
Constable McJannet said she and her police partner were a few minutes from the scene when the late night alert was put out to officers.
But before they had even arrived, the young officer had already emptied her pockets and taken off her belt and vest so she could leap straight into the water in the dark.
Probationary Constable Kiesha McJannet saved a woman from a sinking car (pictured) in north Sydney
'I've gone in, I've gone straight to the passenger door and just instinct, I've opened the door, but the water's gone in so fast that I've had to shut the door again,' she told Sunrise on Monday.
'I've gone over to the driver's side window, the window was only halfway open and I tried to [help her] remain calm.
'Seconds went by, [but] the water kept going into the car. I've told the lady, "can you put the window down any further?" and she couldn't.
'I was trying to open
