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Two officers pulled an 86-year-old from his sinking car

Manchester, England · 23 September 2026

His coffee sank. He was already planning the new car.

Two Manchester police officers pulled an 86-year-old driver from a sinking car last week after his vehicle rolled into a gated community pond. The man had attempted a K-turn and hit the gas instead of the brake. By the time Officers Sean Rembach and Don Miller arrived, he was clinging to the front pillar of the car, the water rising to his chest, yelling for help. Rembach's body camera shows him stripping off his vest and gun belt before jumping in. Miller, who lifeguarded at Jenkinson's for ten years, threw a rescue line that landed square in his partner's hand. "Awesome throw with the throw bag," Rembach said. "Might even have to be drafted to the Eagles." Miller hauled both men to shore. The car was totaled. A sunfish ended up inside it. The driver, uninjured, dried off and started cracking jokes, noting that his coffee was now at the bottom of the pond.

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