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People: Brave childminder dived in to rescue family
By Melanie Defries,
Nursery World,
16 January 2008
A childminder has been nominated for a bravery award after diving into a freezing canal to help rescue a family trapped in a sinking car.
Jody Owen, of Walsall, West Midlands, ran down an embankment and jumped into the water to reach the car, which was almost completely submerged with two adults in the front and two children and a dog trapped on the back seat. Ms Owen had been taking three of her own children and two others she cares for to school in her people-carrier car on 20 December, when at a junction she collided with a car...
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