{"id":19383,"date":"2016-02-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/witnesses-rescue-mother-and-toddler-from-certain-death-in-amsterdam-canal\/"},"modified":"2016-02-14T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-02-14T00:00:00","slug":"witnesses-rescue-mother-and-toddler-from-certain-death-in-amsterdam-canal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/witnesses-rescue-mother-and-toddler-from-certain-death-in-amsterdam-canal\/","title":{"rendered":"Witnesses rescue mother and toddler from certain death in Amsterdam canal"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Three brave onlookers have rescued a doomed mother and toddler from their car as it sank into a canal in Amsterdam.<\/h3>\n<p><strong>SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The parked car reportedly rolled into the canal with the mother and child insider, despite the mother\u2019s desperate efforts to stop it.<\/p>\n<p>Three men who witnessed the terrifying moment dove into the freezing canal and used a hammer and a rock to smash a window in the car.<\/p>\n<p>In a video of the rescue, one man can bee seen getting the toddler to safety while the mother is pulled from the car.<\/p>\n<p>Miraculously everyone made it out alive as the car disappeared under the water.<\/p>\n<h3>WATCH HERE:<\/h3>\n<script>(function(d, s, id) {  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3\";  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NYPost\/videos\/10157178628960206\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NYPost\/videos\/10157178628960206\/\">Rescue from freezing Amsterdam canal<\/a><p>Watch the amazing rescue of a mother and toddler from a sinking car in a freezing Amsterdam canal.<\/p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NYPost\/\">New York Post<\/a> on Saturday, February 13, 2016<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/rowey-bicks\/caroline-wilson-s-theory-on-why-essendon-players-are-really-appealing\">WHY THE&nbsp;BOMBERS ARE ~REALLY~ APPEALING: CARO WILSON<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/glenn-maxwell-in-twitter-war-with-fans-after-miserable-new-zealand-series\">AUSSIE CRICKET STAR UNDER FIRE IN SOCIAL MEDIA WAR<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three brave onlookers have rescued a doomed mother and toddler from their car as it sank into a canal in Amsterdam. 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