Community members honoured for pulling a woman from a car that sank in a flooded pond

During a stormy afternoon in August, a 90-year-old woman lost control of her car on North Prospect Avenue in Champaign, Illinois. The car plunged into a flooded retention pond and sank up to its roof. Several community members swam out to help, and four Champaign Police officers joined them to pull her to safety. On 29 September, the Champaign Police Department gave three community members Community Lifesaving Awards, and the four officers received the Chief's Challenge Coin. The driver attended the event and thanked the rescuers. The police department's announcement, published on 1 October, is the original source. Good News Network republished the story with the department's footage.