‘Extremely Simple’: Expert Explains SWOC Protocol to Escape Submerging Vehicles

Physiologist Gordon Giesbrecht and his team devised an escape protocol he’s been working to standardize.
‘Extremely Simple’: Expert Explains SWOC Protocol to Escape Submerging Vehicles
A vehicle sits half submerged in flood waters in a residential area in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey in Houston, Texas, on August 27, 2017. Ernest Scheyder/Reuters
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Fortunately, there were no reported vehicles in transit on Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge when it collapsed on Tuesday at 1:28 a.m., after container ship Dali struck a support tower.

At the time of writing, rescuers are still searching for construction workers who were working on the bridge when it fell into the Patapsco River. According to an update from the Baltimore State Police, divers did recover the bodies of two of the construction workers from a red pickup truck found 25 feet deep into the river.