The identity of the American'citizen hero' who saved a baby by throwing himself in the scene of a terrible traffic accident has been revealed.



On the 9th local time, foreign media such as the US NBC introduced him as Jonathan Bauer, the protagonist who rescued an 18-month-old baby by jumping out of the highway railing into the sea.



At around 2:40 pm on the 2nd, a major accident occurred in which five cars collided in series on a highway in Maryland.

At this time, a baby in a truck, one of the cars in the accident, bounced out of the window and crashed into the sea 10 meters below.




At the same time, Mr. Bauer, who was also caught in a five-fold collision, saw the scene on the road.



His 13-year-old daughter was in the car, and he wasn't able to improve himself in an accident, but he did not hesitate to jump into the sea under the railing.




Mr. Bauer grabbed the drowning baby, lifted it high above his shoulders, and hit the back several times.

The baby, who couldn't breathe well, started to cry after vomiting the seawater.



A citizen who was passing by on a boat just in time was handed a baby to Mr. Bauer, and the baby was immediately taken to the hospital to save his life.




Mr. Bauer initially didn't want to be identified, but when the public's attention focused solely on him, he eventually responded to a local media interview.



He explained the situation at the time, "I saw the baby body that fell into the sea turned over, and I asked my daughter to call rescuers and jumped into the sea."



13-year-old daughter Ava said, "It was the most terrifying experience of my life to see my dad falling 10 meters down," and "I am proud of my father."




In addition, Mr. Bauer's wife Wendy, who attended the interview with

him

, surprised everyone by

telling her husband that he

had a'phobia of

heights'

. "Because I'm the one who will do that to help me," he said in tears.



In an interview, Mr. Bauer said, "I would like to express my gratitude to all firefighters and rescuers who were dispatched to the scene of the accident."



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