Three Iowa State Football Players On Spring Break Saved A Woman From Drowning In Her Car
DesMoinesRegister- The Iowa State football players saw the car sinking in the Laguna Madre Bay and sprinted over. The taillights were still visible, but the front of the car was submerged, and it was taking on water from side to side. A woman was inside, screaming for help, Iowa State’s Anthony Lazard recalled. “She was like, ‘Get me out! Get me out! Get me out!'” he said. Two weeks later, 22-year-old Luisa Maria Castro credits the live-saving maneuvers of several Iowa State football players with saving her life. Among her rescuers were current ISU football players Jack Spreen of Bedford, Ind.; Josh Jahlas of Cedar Rapids; Spencer Benton, of Van Meter; and Lazard, of Urbandale. Former players Matt Swoyer of Southlake, Texas, and Joe Doran of Patton, Ia., also assisted in the rescue, which happened in the spring break destination of South Padre Island, Texas. “They really are heroes, and I am forever grateful for what they did,” Castro said in a telephone interview with the Register Thursday.
There we go! Finally some good news coming out of the world. No surprise it’s a bunch of good ol’ Iowa kids making the world a better place. I’m not even going to make fun of Iowa State football and how much it sucks because this was such an awesome deed by these guys. And it’s coming out of maybe the most unexpected place in the world, a college spring break. I went on a few college spring break trips and a person could’ve drowned right next to me and I wouldn’t remember. So good for these guys keeping their heads on a swivel. The only news that usually comes outta spring break is girls getting roofied, everybody getting STDs and people dying from alcohol poisoning. Well these three Iowa State football players just flipped the script on the whole deal. Bravely hopping in as a lady sank in her car and saving her life. That’s what it’s all about. People helping people. Now if only their football program could be as good as they are at saving lives then they would really be onto something.
