GASTONIA, N.C. — A Gastonia police officer is being celebrated for helping to rescue a child and three other people from a car stuck in floodwaters.
Officer Jacob Byrd was named the Employee of the Month for March.
He responded to a car crash and was partially submerged in freezing water.
He waded into the water and got halfway into the car to get a child trapped in his car seat.
Byrd helped the child’s mother and three others get out safely.
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