Meet good Samaritan who rescued toddler in bay after Route 90 bridge crash.
OCEAN CITY, Md. — What started out as a few errands turned into a day Jonathan Bauer will never forget. It's the day he put the life of a toddler, unknown to him, before that of his own.
After witnessing a May 2 crash on Route 90 that left a truck teetering on the bridge's guardrail, Bauer jumped off the bridge and into the water below to rescue the girl.
Ocean City first responders gathered at one of the town's fire departments to celebrate the act of heroism and recall the dramatic events of the multivehicle crash that caused the girl to be ejected from a pickup truck and fall several dozen feet into the Assawoman Bay below.
The 2-year old was released Wednesday from John's Hopkins Children's Center in Baltimore, where she had been airlifted. Police say the young girl is expected to make a full recovery.
Seven other people in the five-car crash Sunday afternoon were treated and released from hospitals, police said Monday.
Bauer, who works at Atlantic General Hospital, initially decided not to come forward as the good Samaritan who saved the 2-year old's life but eventually changed his mind in part to meet some of the first responders who were dispatched to the scene of the May 2 crash.
With his wife and daughter by his side, Jonathan sat down for the first time publicly Friday to explain what happened May 2, a day which he and his daughter still get emotional thinking about.
At times both Jonathan and his own 13-year-old daughter, Ava, wiped away tears as the two recalled the crash.
"First thing I remember hearing was the tire screech, and then the truck swaying back and forth like it was losing control," Bauer said.
After checking on Ava, who was in the car with him, he approached the truck, whose driver was able to exit the vehicle.
"I looked over and I saw the car seat, some other items, and then about about 6 feet away from the car seat, I saw the little girl and she was on her back floating perfectly on her back, arms moving, legs kicking," Bauer said.
Bauer frantically looked around to see if there were any boats around that could help the toddler, but none were in the area, he said.
"Then I looked over to the water and she had flipped over onto her stomach and her face was in the water," Bauer said, choking up.
He yelled for Ava to find emergency responders before taking the plunge.>>>
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