Teacher recounts saving children from burning car in Oviedo

CAR BURNING AND SMOKING WITH TWO TINY CHILDREN NEARBY? ONE OVIEDO WOMAN RAN RIGHT TOWARD THE DANGER AND HELPED SAVE TWO YOUNG LIVES. WESH 2'S ANIKA...

July 8, 2023
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CAR BURNING AND SMOKING WITH TWO TINY CHILDREN NEARBY? ONE OVIEDO WOMAN RAN RIGHT TOWARD THE DANGER AND HELPED SAVE TWO YOUNG LIVES. WESH 2'S ANIKA HOPE SHARES WHAT SHE WENT THROUGH AND WHAT WENT THROUGH HER HEAD IN THOSE MOMENTS. ON FRIDAY, MAY 26, SUZANNE MATOS PULLED INTO THE OVIEDO MALL PARKING LOT WITH A MISSION. I KNEW IT WAS GOING TO RAIN AND SO I HAD TO RETURN SOME THINGS FROM DILLARD'S. BUT SHE SAYS SHE NOTICED A CAR SMOKING. I SAW A CAR SMOKING ON MY GO. SOMEONE MUST HAVE, YOU KNOW, CAR ISSUES.

Anika Hope