Florida Man Friday: This Dashcam Video Will Restore Your Faith In Humanity (Really!)

Not All Heroes Wear Capes: The mom and the two kids are hopefully going to be OK, no thanks to the motorcyclist who slammed into their car at 100 mph or faster, getting his body wedged into the rear window of the driver’s side, and dying more or less instantly, I'd wager. You can imagine what a wreck the car was, and the motorcyclist's body was partly on top of the baby, named Lola. Mom kept her wits about her enough to lay on the horn for help until Charlotte County Deputy Sgt. Dave Musgrove arrived on the scene. Musgrove got the three-year-old, Ariel, out of the car first and flagged down another car to hold the child so he could save the baby. More people stopped, helping Musgrove remove the body and free Lola.

Video shows Musgrove quickly beginning chest compressions on Lola's tiny body until she began to breathe again. Emergency medical services then arrived and continued lifesaving treatment, before confirming they detected a pulse. She's still in intensive care with a brain injury. "I lost my fiancé six months ago, so what was going through my head was, 'I can't lose anybody else,'" Kayleigh Foley [the mom] said in the interview from the hospital, where Lola was recovering. "[Sgt. Musgrove] is such a genuine person and you can't teach that in the police academy." Kayleigh also said, "The first thing he said to me, he said, 'I really hate all that recognition; I was doing my job.' I said, 'Too bad, buddy, you're getting it.'" Here's the kicker: "Since the crash, Musgrove has called daily to check on Lola." Daily. I'm not crying; you're crying.

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NBC News: Video shows Florida deputy saving a baby who was trapped in a car after a fatal crash
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/florida-deputy-saves-baby-was-trapped-car-fatal-crash-rcna139434
YouTube: Bodycam video shows Florida deputy saving an infant after car crash
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQtuGHUDV_w