Good Samaritan Rescues Driver in Intracoastal

John Thorington of Palm Harbor was visiting with a friend in the backyard of her Dunedin home when a car plunged into the water nearby.

EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was originally posted on Dunedin Patch and Palm Harbor Patch on Feb. 14. It was chosen for Huffington Post's Greatest Person of the Day feature on Feb. 15. No doubt, it will be a Valentine's Day that John Thorington will remember. He ended the day a hero. Thorington, 52, of Palm Harbor, was visiting  a friend at her home in Dunedin near the intracoastal waterway on Feb. 14. Around 3 p.m., they were chatting in the backyard when they heard a screech, then saw a car flash by as it headed toward the water.  "It sounded like the driver hit something," Thorington said. "We heard the commotion, and we had already started running over there." Thorington says it only took about a minute for him and some neighbors to reach…

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