‘BRAVE FOREIGNER’: When a man accidentally drove his boss’ Bentley into a pond, it was obvious he could not swim, so Johan Koekemoer jumped in and saved him

Taipei Times
Date: Feb 18, 2020
By: Jason Pan  /  Staff reporter

Johan Koekemoer, a South African teacher living in Taipei, yesterday said not panicking was the key after he rescued a man who had driven a car into a pond in New Taipei City’s Tamsui District (淡水) last week.

Koekemoer’s former students recognized him in a video circulating on social media showing a white Bentley sedan half-submerged in the water, with him towing the driver toward the bank.

“After the white car slid down into the water, the driver got out, but he was floundering and it was clear he could not swim. The foreigner was driving by, then he stopped his car, stripped down and jumped into the water,” a worker who witnessed the rescue said on Saturday.

The incident took place on Thursday morning in the Pingding (坪頂) area, and the Bentley driver was identified as a 46-year-old surnamed Wu (吳).    [FULL  STORY]