A couple trapped in their submerged car for two hours have been rescued in what eyewitnesses have dubbed "a Christmas miracle".
Matt and Alex Emmerson presumed the car was empty when they spotted it from their bathroom window, but after 15 minutes the emergency crews arrived and a daring rescue began.
Mr Edmonson, 44, told the BBC: "Whoever this poor couple were, they were in there for a long time - close to two hours. "The water must have been freezing." Mrs Emmerson, 42, added: "I just assumed that there would be nobody in there. "Because normally people leap out and wade to safety before it gets to that point. "We just thought it was another car that had been abandoned." Her husband - who called the rescue a "Christmas miracle" - said a
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