The family of the man who drove his car into a Chandler lake following a medical emergency wants to thank the teen who jumped in to try and save him. “It's been a rollercoaster of emotions.'
Todd Buckner remains in the ICU, still intubated, after a medical emergency while driving that sent his SUV into a Chandler lake on Feb. 7.A high school student named Ethan Cakmak was the first one to jump in after him as his father, Erkan Cakmak, called 911.Todd had just dropped his wife off at Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix before he crashed on the way home. His daughter Ally was in her college class in Florida."It's been a rollercoaster of emotions," Ally said.
I watched the video of what he said, and he said, ‘everyone just films things nowadays,’ and he actually wanted to take action," she said.Todd's wife Rachelle had just touched down at LAX airport in California when the calls and texts started to come through. Immediately, she needed to get back.The flight crew helped her do just that."For me personally, that girl, Maria, at Southwest, I mean I was out of my mind. I didn't even remember what gate I came out of.
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