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A 17-year-old teenager dived into Long Island Bay to save a girl whose car had run into the water

'16.06.2022'

Nadezhda Verbitskaya

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A 17-year-old is hailed as a hero after he dived into Long Island Bay to rescue an 18-year-old girl who fell into the water on Tuesday, June 14. ABC7.

It happened just after ten o'clock in the evening in Patchogue Bay, off South Ocean Avenue, in Patchogue.

Police say Mia Samolinsky was driving a Subaru Outback in a parking lot when she stepped on the accelerator instead of the brakes and swerved into the water.

Anthony Zhongor witnessed this incident and dived into the water.

“The car went pretty deep,” he said. Mia knocked on the door, knocked on the window, tried to break it. And it made me scared for her, so I just undressed and dived into the water.”

Zhongor swam to the car and they had to figure out how to get Samolinsky out of the car.

“The dive was pretty deep, so as soon as I looked up, I grabbed the door handle,” the guy said.

They both tried to open the door, but to no avail. Anthony said he had to find another way.

It was then that the teenager realized that he could use his own weight.

“My weight caused the nose of the car to sink deeper into the water, which helped free the rear end,” he explained. “We opened the back door and Mia was able to get out.”

They swam to shore together.

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“She just came up to me and said, “Oh God, thank you,” and then she cried,” he shared his memories. “It doesn't matter who it was. I couldn't watch someone suffer in front of me."

Both Samolinsky and Zhongor were not injured. It turned out that both teenagers were students at Patchog Medford High School, but had no idea they were classmates.

The car was pulled out of the bay by a heavy tow truck.

Zhongor, who graduates next week, recently joined the Marine Corps and will be heading to boot camp in South Carolina in September.

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