Video captures paraglider save Florida woman after car plunged into canal

Dramatic video captures the second a Florida paraglider swoops in to assist rescue a lady clinging to the roof of her submerged car in a canal — as an alligator swims close by.

Cristiano Piquet, a Miami actual property agent, was flying his motorized rig above the waterway close to Homestead on Sunday morning when he seen the alligator, the Miami Herald reported.

“I rotated to get a shot of the alligator, and I noticed a automobile below the water. I flew nearer to the automobile and I noticed a lady on high,” the 40-year-old man advised the newspaper.

His GoPro digital camera reveals Piquet touchdown in a close-by subject and operating over to the lady.

“You need assistance?” he shouts.

Paraglider pilot Cristiano Piquet
Cristiano Piquet, 40, landed his motorized glider and ran over to assist rescue the lady from her submerged automobile.
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“Oh my God! I fell with my automobile in right here,” she replies in anguish as she holds onto the partially submerged yellow automobile.

Woman clinging to her overturned car
“Oh my God! I fell with my automobile in right here!” the ladies shouted when she noticed the pilot.
Instagram / @cristianopiquet
Woman pulled to safety
A close-by resident pulls the exhausted girl to security after she landed within the canal.
Instagram / @cristianopiquet

Piquet, who had been flying with a buddy, advised the Herald that he bought assist from a close-by resident, who used a rope to tug the lady to security.

“So we threw her a rope, and she or he was free, she was alive,” he advised WSVN. “Every thing occurred so quick, and after we bought her to security, we referred to as 911.”

The leisure pilot advised NBC Miami: “I feel God advised me, ‘My buddy, land and save that one life.’ We landed between energy traces and uneven terrain … it was a horrible touchdown scenario. For some purpose, I used to be calm.”

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The woman is pulled to safety

Samaritan used a rope to tug the lady to security after her automobile landed within the canal close to Homestead.
The woman is pulled to safety

The girl was taken to a hospital with accidents that weren't thought of life-threatening.

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The woman and rescuer embrace

Piquet captured the emotional second the lady and her rescuer embraced after her harrowing expertise.
Pilot Cristiano Piquet

“God cares about her life as a result of he put me in that second, that excellent second, on that day,” Piquet advised

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He additionally caught the emotional second the lady and her rescuer embraced on the opposite facet of the canal.

Quickly after, six Miami-Dade Fireplace Division autos responded to the scene close to the 20400 block of Southwest 192nd Avenue at 8:35 a.m., the paper reported.

First responders searched the realm to ensure nobody else was within the water and took the lady — who has not been recognized — to the hospital.

She was handled for accidents that weren't life-threatening, officers stated.

The reason for the accident stays below investigation.

Piquet stated he was completely satisfied to have missed church to assist save the lady’s life.

“For some purpose, I used to be higher suited being there on the proper place and the best time,” he advised the Herald.

“God cares about her life as a result of he put me in that second, that excellent second, on that day,” Piquet advised NBC Miami. “Possibly I'd have flown some other place.”

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