George Wood, a technician for Mr. Rooter Plumbing, was driving to lunch when he came upon the scene of a rollover crash at National Parkway and Woodfield in Schaumburg. Nicole Srikanti and her 16-month-old son Dylan were trapped inside.

First on the scene and with the help of a bystander, Wood worked to successfully free the woman and her son from the wreckage.

Schaumburg police say the accident could have easily been fatal and credit the proper installation of Dylan’s car seat with saving his life.

Wood recalls that when he ran up to Srikanti’s car, he could hear them screaming inside. His only thought was that he had to get them out. Grabbing a tire iron from his car, Wood used it to smash Srikanti’s window. A bystander gave him a knife to cut her seatbelt.

“I told her ‘Are you hurt, anything hurt’– she just said ‘Get me out of here, please get me out of here, please save my baby,’” Wood said.

Wood rescued Dylan who was belted tightly in his car seat by smashing a rear window to reach him. He cut the belt off him and passed him to a firefighter.

Srikanti recalled the moment Wood showed up on the scene of the accident. “I heard a voice saying ‘I’m here ma’m,’ and it was like God standing there, I was so happy someone was there trying to help me and my son,” she said.

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