Miracle in the News: Mom Has Seizure and Crashes into Pond | Ep. 50

Summary

The Miracle Files – Ep. 50

"Miracle in the News: Mom Has Seizure and Crashes into Pond"
Date: November 10, 2025
Hosts: Holly and Emily

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Overview of the Episode

This episode of The Miracle Files centers around a gripping real-life rescue involving a Texas mother, John Quetta, who suffers a sudden seizure while driving with her two children. Her car veers into a pond, setting off a harrowing chain of events. Holly and Emily retell the incident, emphasizing the miraculous timing, the courage of first responders and bystanders, and the clear thread of divine intervention that wove through the story. The hosts aim to inspire listeners with a story where faith, human action, and community came together to save a life—demonstrating light in the midst of crisis.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Introduction to the Viral Story

• The hosts open by referencing viral body cam footage of the rescue (00:26), teasing out the deeper details beyond the headlines.
• Emily admits to having seen the video clip but is unfamiliar with the full backstory (00:49).

  “I do know that there’s this young boy, he runs to a police officer, he asks this police officer for help to save his mom. But that’s pretty much all I know.” – Emily (00:49)

2. The Incident: Seizure and Crash

• What Happened:

  • John Quetta is driving her teenage daughter Brea and son Dwight. Without warning, she has a seizure on a seven-lane Texas highway (01:00).
  • The car veers out of control, crashes into a deep pond, and begins to sink.
  • Both children manage to escape, but their unconscious mother is trapped inside, still buckled up (01:28).

• The Kids’ Desperation:

  “Like, it’s not like these kids are strong enough to pull out the dead weight of their unconscious mom.” – Emily (01:52)

3. 12-Year-Old Dwight’s Heroic Dash for Help

• Brea instructs Dwight to run for help (02:12). He spots Officer Charles Cobb on traffic patrol and rushes up to him.
  • The distress is audible on the officer’s body cam:

    “She’s having a seizure? She’s sunk. She’s in the water.” – Dwight (02:49)

    • Officer Cobb immediately springs into action.

4. The Rescue Attempt: Police & Bystanders Unite

• Officer Cobb races to the sinking car and attempts to open the doors underwater—unsuccessfully, due to heavy water pressure (03:20).
• He returns for a window punch and is joined by Epifanio Munguia, a bystander who had been driving home from church (05:06).
  • The two men break the back window to equalize pressure and access the front door (05:34).
  • Others stop to help as well, with Epifanio sharing,

    “I realized that it was happening at that very moment. I pulled over and I jumped in the water.” – Epifanio Munguia (05:34)

5. The Critical Moments: Life & Death

• John Quetta is trapped underwater for nearly 10 minutes when the rescuers finally pull her out—she is unconscious, has no pulse, and is not breathing (06:25).
• Miracle in Action:

  • Officer Cobb begins CPR immediately, as Epifanio prays loudly for her recovery (06:34).

    “It was, I think, about three minutes before she finally took a gasp of air. And I just thank God that he put me in the right place at the right time…” — Officer Cobb (06:48)

6. Reflection on Divine Timing and Community

• The hosts marvel at the timing—Officer Cobb’s immediate presence, the Good Samaritans, and Epifanio’s decision to stop (07:21).
• Emily reflects,

  “Like, if Officer Cobb hadn’t been driving by right then… what would [Dwight] have done? Like, it’s such a miracle that he was right there at that time.” – Emily (07:34)

7. Practical Safety Advice

• The hosts segue into lessons for listeners, quoting kidsandcars.org’s advice for escaping from a sinking car—using the acronym S.W.O.C. (Seatbelts off, Windows open, Out immediately, Children first—oldest to youngest) (07:54).
• Emphasis on: breaking the window before water rises too high, not opening the doors, and the importance of a window punch tool (08:54).
• Emily remarks,

  “Which I think I’m going to go get a window breaker now.” (08:54)

8. The Aftermath & Gratitude

• Officer Cobb and Epifanio received awards for their heroic actions, but all involved attributed the outcome to God (09:19).
• The episode ends with John Quetta’s own words, echoing faith and awe in survival.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Dwight’s plea for help:

  “She’s having a seizure? She’s sunk. She’s in the water.” – Dwight (02:49)

• Officer Cobb on the miracle of timing:

  “I just thank God that he put me in the right place at the right time… Had [EMS response] happened here, I think it would have been a tragic outcome.” – Officer Cobb (06:48)

• Epifanio Munguia on joining the rescue:

  “I realized that it was happening at that very moment. I pulled over and I jumped in the water.” – Epifanio Munguia (05:34)

• John Quetta’s gratitude:

  “It’s amazing because I could have been gone. Nobody but God.” – John Quetta (09:48)

  “He is so real. He is so real.” – John Quetta (10:01)

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Important Timestamps

• 00:26 – Introduction to the viral rescue story
• 01:00 – Details of the crash and context
• 02:12 – Dwight runs for help; meets Officer Cobb
• 03:20–03:54 – Officer Cobb unsuccessfully tries to open car underwater
• 05:06–05:39 – Epifanio Munguia joins; the window is shattered and rescue intensifies
• 06:25–06:48 – John Quetta is pulled out; CPR and prayer until she revives
• 07:44–08:54 – Car water escape tips / window breaker discussion
• 09:19–10:08 – Aftermath, awards, and powerful testimony from John Quetta

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Episode Takeaways and Tone

The hosts maintain a compassionate, faith-forward, and slightly playful tone even as they detail high-stakes moments, balancing gravity with encouragement. Their message: light and goodness are present even in the darkest, most desperate circumstances, and God’s providence works through the actions of everyday people.

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Final Reflections

• This story is a powerful modern miracle underscoring community, courage, and faith.
• The combination of quick-thinking responders, helpful strangers, and unwavering prayer rescued a family from an almost certain tragedy—a story that “proves there are more miracles than murders.”

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Transcript

[A]

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[B]

What's going on?

[C]

She having a seizure? She's sunk. She's in the water.

[B]

Oh, come on, hop in. I'll bring you over there. Okay, hop in. Shove that over.

[C]

This is Miracles in the News.

[A]

Welcome back to Miracles in the News. You may have seen some of the body cam footage for this story because it's actually gone viral. But there's so much more to this story and it's such a great example of divine intervention, I had to share it.

[C]

Yeah, full transparency. I have already seen this video just kind of floating around online.

[A]

Yeah, Emily actually sent me this video.

[C]

Yeah, I did.

[A]

Usually I surprise her, but not this one.

[C]

I don't actually know the whole story. I do know that there's this young boy, he runs to a police officer. He asks this police officer for help to save his mom. But that's pretty much all I know. So I'm excited to hear the details.

[A]

Yeah, the details make it even more amazing. So this incident happened in Texas. A mom, John Quetta, is driving with her two kids, 16 year old Brea and 12 year old Dwight. They're just going about their day. They're driving down a seven lane highway when suddenly out of nowhere, John Quetta has a seizure behind the wheel of her car.

[C]

Oh my gosh. Yeah, that's like the guy who had a heart attack behind the wheel of his car. Yeah. Except for this time there's kids.

[A]

Yeah. And unfortunately it gets worse. John Quetta's car veers out of control and crashes straight into a deep pond. The car starts to sink, the kids are screaming. Somehow they manage to climb out before the car is submerged. But their mom is still inside and she's unconscious. She's strapped in, she's not moving. The kids start panicking and they have no idea how to get her out.

[C]

What do you even do? Like, it's not like these kids are strong enough to pull out the dead weight of their unconscious mom.

[A]

Like no little 12 year old Dwight tried. He tried to get his mom out. Bria Asia tried to get her out. They could not figure out what to do. So water is rushing in, the car is sinking, the doors are starting to get covered.

[C]

Well, and when the car is underwater, it's not like you can just open the door.

[A]

Like that's pretty much impossible. Exactly. Yeah. The water pressure on the outside of the door makes it so you can't open the doors at that point. So Breasia yells to Dwight, run. Get help. He takes off running. And this is where it gets really crazy. As soon as Dwight gets to the highway, he spots a police officer right there. Officer Charles Cobb was just out doing traffic patrol. And Dwight runs up to him, and you can hear the terror in this poor kid's voice on the officer's body cam.

[B]

What's going on?

[C]

She having a fever? She's soaked. She's in the water.

[B]

Oh, come on, hop in. I'll bring you over there. Okay. Hop in. Shove that over.

[C]

Oh, my gosh. That poor kid.

[A]

Yeah. Like, you can feel how desperate that poor kid is.

[C]

Yeah, well, and this police officer, it's like, how do you even prepare for this? I mean, it's not like he has time to, like, think or come up with a plan. Like, he just has to go.

[A]

Exactly.

[C]

Jump right in.

[A]

And he did. Like, Officer Cobb heads to the pond immediately, and he finds the front of the car completely submerged underwater. And on the body cam footage, you can hear him go down below that murky water and try to get John Quetta's door open.

[B]

Is she in there? Look out, buddy.

[D]

Look out.

[B]

Is the car unlocked?

[C]

Oh, my gosh. You can hear the door handle. That's the sound you're hearing over and over again, him trying to open the door. Like we just talked about. Like, it's impossible when you're underwater.

[A]

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[C]

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[A]

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[C]

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[A]

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[C]

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[A]

And now back to our story. It's Horrible. So Officer Cobb runs back to his cruiser and gets a window puncher. And just then, another guy named Epifanio Mungia arrives. And he was literally just driving home from church. Total stranger just shows up and decides to help, too. And he jumps into the water with Officer Cobb, and together they finally manage to break the window.

[B]

Here I got a punch.

[A]

As other Good Samaritans jump in to.

[B]

Help, I realized that it was happening at that very moment. I pulled over and I jumped in the water.

[A]

Epifano Munguia saying the men were able to break the back window, but then the car began to sink.

[C]

Oh, my gosh. Yeah, I mean, it's pretty amazing that they were able to break the window before the car sank, because I imagine it would probably be a lot harder if. Yeah, the car was completely submerged.

[A]

Yeah, it actually equalized the pressure inside and outside the car once they broke that window, so that they were able to finally open the door. But they had to hurry at this point because the car was going down. And John Quetta had been submerged in the front of the car for about 10 minutes at this point.

[B]

And then as soon as we were opening the door, the front door, I heard. I got her, and I felt like I won the lottery. Get her up here.

[A]

The men pulling Winbush out of the water, she was unconscious, had no pulse, and was not breathing.

[C]

Oh, man.

[A]

Yeah. So she was in bad shape. And right then and there, Officer Cobb starts doing cpr. He's working on her, trying to get her back. And Epifanio began calling on the name of Jesus and praying for John Quetta.

[B]

So I immediately started chest compressions and just kept going. It was, I think, about three minutes before she finally took a gasp of air. And I just thank God that he put me in the right place at the right time, because usually when things happen, you know, somebody sees it, they have to call 91 1. They've got to get the information, dispatch us, and maybe 2, 2, 3, 4, 5 minute response time. Had that happened here, I think it would have been a tragic outcome.

[C]

Wow.

[A]

Yeah. It's just one of those moments where everything lined up for a miracle. The timing of Officer Cobb, the people, even a stranger coming home from church at just the right moment. It's pretty. Yeah.

[C]

Like, if Officer Cobb hadn't been driving by right then, like, this poor little.

[A]

Boy, what would he have done?

[C]

Like, it's such a miracle that he was right there at that time.

[A]

Okay. So you know that we like to give some safety tips sometimes. So I looked up what to do if you drive your car into a body of water.

[C]

Heaven forbid.

[A]

Yes, heaven forbid. Can you read what kidsandcars.org suggests, Emily?

[C]

Okay, sure. All right. It says to remember Sawak, S, W, O, C, S, C, seatbelts off. W, windows open. O, out immediately. And C, children first, oldest to youngest. Interesting. I would have thought youngest to oldest. Yeah. Which obviously all these steps would be really hard to follow if you're unconscious, like this woman in the story.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, of course. You know, this is if you are conscious and if you're able to get out of the car.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

You also want to hold onto the vehicle and determine the best route of safety at that point. And do not touch your cell phone. Do not open the door. This will cause water to rush into the car and do not wait for the vehicle to fully sink. If you wait, your car becomes a coffin. You have to open or break the window before the water rises to the bottom of the window or the pressure against the window will make it impossible to open or break it.

[C]

Yeah, just like we talked about, which I think I'm going to go get a window breaker now.

[A]

Yeah, I actually got some for my kids for Christmas. Like, yeah, they get really exciting things for Christmas.

[C]

Oh, so fun. But, you know, it might keep us safe. These stories are all making me paranoid right now.

[A]

We're prepared. I like to think they keep us prepared.

[C]

I guess a little bit of both.

[A]

Okay, well, Officer Cobb and Epifanio later received awards for saving John Quetta's life, but everyone involved agreed that God was with them. And we'll leave you with one more sound bite from John Quetta herself. She was interviewed on the Tamron hall show, and this says it all. I see the tears before we even started talking. Is it knowing how close you were to never seeing your children again?

[D]

What is it?

[C]

Just, it's amazing because I could have been gone. Nobody but God.

[A]

Nobody but God.

[C]

You so real. He is so real. He is so real.

[A]

Okay, well, be safe out there, everyone, and join us next week for another full length miracle story. And don't forget to, like, subscribe and leave us a review. We'll see you next week. Thank you for joining us. If you have a miracle to share, contact [e-mail] or find us on Facebook.

[C]

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