MENASHA, Wis. (WFRV) - On Tuesday night, witnesses helped to rescue the driver and a 1-year-old passenger after a vehicle drove into the Menasha Marina and became submerged.

Around 8:55 p.m. on August 19, officers with the Menasha Police Department were called to the Menasha Marina on Center Street after getting word that a vehicle had gone into the water.

When officers arrived, they learned the driver, a woman, had been inside the vehicle with her one-year-old child, who was secured in a car seat.

Officers say the mother acted with 'extraordinary courage' and was able to free her child from the submerged vehicle and to safety.

As the mother worked to rescue her child, one community member sprinted toward the marina, scaling a fence without hesitation to reach them. This individual’s f

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