Jamaican makes headlines for daring canal crash rescue in Plantation

Jamaican-born Jephtah Thomas is praised as a hero by the Plantation Fire Department and the public following his brave rescue of a father and daughter, when their car crashed into a canal off Sunrise Boulevard.

Thomas was driving on Sunrise Boulevard and said he saw "something fly past his windshield" and decided to rush to the scene. Speaking Skyforce 7 reporters, Thomas said "Once I got there I yanked it open."

When told that he saved their lives, and emotional Thomas responded, "It's just one of those things. It could have been my son or wife."

Recovering from their minor injuries, rescued father and daughter Teophil and 10-year-old Vasthie Omegat thanked Thomas for saving them, calling him their own “angel.”

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