{"id":425,"date":"2019-03-07T09:25:30","date_gmt":"2019-03-07T17:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alertfirstaid.com\/blog\/?p=425"},"modified":"2019-03-07T09:28:17","modified_gmt":"2019-03-07T17:28:17","slug":"car-sinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alertfirstaid.com\/blog\/car-sinking\/","title":{"rendered":"What to do if your car is sinking in water"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class='avia-iframe-wrap'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What to Do: Car Sinking in Water, Only Seconds to React\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fymjbkGSta8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Escape from sinking car demonstration.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If your car was sinking in a lake, ocean or river, or was submerged in a flood, would you know how to get out? 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