SEVERAL HONORED FOR SAVING ELDERLY COUPLE

THREE PEOPLE WERE HONORED BY THE CITY OF VENICE TUESDAY FOR SAVING THE LIVES OF TWO PEOPLE WHO’S CAR HAD PLUNGED INTO THE INTERCOASTAL WATERWAY.  SURVEILLANCE VIDEO FROM THE CROW’S NEST RESTAURANT SHOWED THE CAR GOING OVER THE SEAWALL.  RON BURTH AND HIS WIFE WERE ON THEIR WAY HOME FROM WATCHING THE SUNSET WHEN HE SAW A SPLASH.  WHEN HE REALIZED IT WAS A CAR, HE JUMPED INTO THE WATER TO BE FOLLOWED BY SEVERAL OTHERS.  BURTH SAID THE COUPLE, 77 YEAR OLD DAVID ROSENBERG AND HIS 75 YEAR OLD WIFE SUE WERE NOT RESPONSIVE AT FIRST BECAUSE OF SHOCK, BUT HE WAS FINALLY ABLE TO GET THEIR ATTENTION.  THE BACK WINDOW WAS BROKEN OUT AS THE ROSENBERGS BEGAN TO FLOAT.  THEY WERE PULLED TO SAFETY JUST MOMENTS BEFORE THE CAR COMPLETELY SUBMERGED.  BURTH, JEREMY KUNDRITZ, AND JOHN WOODS WERE AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY AND WERE HONORED FOR THEIR BRAVERY.  VENICE POLICE ARRIVED ON SCENE IN LESS THAN FOUR MINUTES, BUT MANY BELIEVE THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN TOO LATE.