The strangers who stopped an incapacitated driver from causing a crash in Florida were rewarded on Friday.
Boynton Beach Police Department asked for help identifying those who got involved in stopping a car that was drifting into a busy intersection on May 5. Once the department contacted them and gathered them for a reunion with the driver on Friday, Royal Caribbean donated six-night to eight-night Caribbean cruises and $2,000 gift cards to each of the "good Samaritans" and the driver.
"Several people got out of their cars and worked together to stop the moving car," the Boynton Beach Police Department wrote in a Facebook post. "One woman grabbed a dumbbell from her car and a man used it to smash the rear passenger’s side window. Another man then climbed through the window to unlock the passenger’s side door. The car was then put in park and the Good Samaritans pushed it to a nearby 7-Eleven parking lot where a nurse who was on the phone with 911 provided medical attention until the fire department [arrived]."
WATCH: STRANGERS JOIN FORCES TO STOP INCAPACITATED DRIVER'S CAR, PREVENT CRASH
The driver, now identified as Laurie Rabyor, said that a mix of her high-blood pressure medicine with a fast she was performing at the time caused her to lose consciousness. Rabyor's coworker noticed her slumped over her steering wheel first, from her own car, and got out to wave down traffic.
"The moment this young lady [came] running across the street behind a car yelling, 'She unconscious. She's unconscious,' there was no doubt in my mind that I needed to do something," Army Staff Sgt. Juan Chavez, one of those who helped stop the car, said. Chavez was in uniform at the time. "It's amazing how everyone came together to help someone that was in need without even knowing the person."
Another good Samaritan, Michael Edelstein, estimated that in total, 20 people assisted in the rescue.
"I just want to thank every single one of you. You were amazing," Rabyor said. "I don’t remember any of it."
"It's so wonderful to see something nice today."
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