Copenhagen: Not all heroes put on capes. Some don’t put on something in any respect.
With solely towels round their waists, patrons aboard a floating sauna in a Norwegian fjord rescued two individuals whose automotive had plunged into the water.
The automotive is retrieved from the water in entrance of the floating sauna after driving out into the Oslofjord, in Oslo.Credit score: AP
The Tesla appeared to have pushed off the jetty on Thursday (native time) on the Akershusstranda, an space the place ships dock on the foot of the Norwegian capital Oslo’s picturesque medieval fortress and chateau.
A witness instructed the Norwegian VG newspaper that he noticed the automotive stopped, earlier than it all of a sudden accelerated and ended up within the water. The paper reported that the motive force had thought the automobile was in park when he hit the accelerator pedal.
Because the automotive went down, the 2 occupants escaped and had been on the roof of the automobile because the sauna raft headed towards them.
Nicholay Nordahl, the skipper, instructed VG that “I gave full throttle towards the individuals who got here climbing out of the automotive” and reached them simply because the automotive went beneath.
“With good assist from two of the visitors, we obtained them up. They warmed up within the sauna,” he stated.
Vladislav Nikiforov, 51, who witnessed the incident whereas out for a stroll, stated the automotive “jumped” over a barrier in entrance of the water.