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EXCLUSIVE: The family George Zimmerman rescued from horrific car wreck on Florida highway last week
The Daily Mail Online ^ | July 22, 2013 | LAURA COLLINS and RACHEL QUIGLEY

Posted on 07/22/2013 5:16:29 PM PDT by Uncle Chip

The couple pulled from their upturned SUV by George Zimmerman are Dana and Mark Gerstle, MailOnline can reveal.

The rescue took place on Wednesday after a series of frantic 911 calls following the incident on a stretch of Florida highway just yards from where Zimmerman shot 17 year old Trayvon Martin.

Zimmerman, acquitted of all counts against him on July 13, has been in hiding since the controversial finding that has ignited America and brought thousands onto the streets of America.

Father of two, Mr Gerstle, 52, was driving onto the off ramp of the highway when he lost control of the vehicle resulting in the terrifying crash that left him, his wife and two children aged eight and four trapped.

Neither he nor his 41-year-old wife chose to comment on their extraordinary brush with the now infamous Neighborhood Watch Captain.

Zimmerman did not witness the accident which took place at 5.47pm but was on the scene shortly afterwards. Though he spoke with his lawyers on Friday he did not make any mention of the rescue.

Speaking to MailOnline Shawn Vincent, a spokesman for Zimmerman’s attorney Mark O’Mara said: ‘We spoke with George on Friday and he made no mention of this at all. That’s very typical of George.

‘He has a history of getting involved….it’s just the way he is.

‘There has already been the backlash of people saying this is some sort of PR stunt but it isn’t. We’ve had it confirmed by the Sheriff.’............

Sanford Police Department Capt Jim McAuliffe said that Zimmerman was identified by one of the crash victims as the man who pulled him and his family from the mangled blue Ford Explorer.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: blackrage; gerstle; holder; zimmerman
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1 posted on 07/22/2013 5:16:29 PM PDT by Uncle Chip
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To: Uncle Chip

And he shoulda’ been in prison.

Darn! /s


2 posted on 07/22/2013 5:19:02 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Zimmerman breaks Martin's nose/pounds his head on concrete? Does Martin's backers support Zimmerman?)
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To: Uncle Chip
EXCLUSIVE: The family George Zimmerman rescued from horrific car wreck on Florida highway last week - less than a mile from where he shot Trayvon Martin dead

Imagine that! Two good deeds occurring at locations so close together!

3 posted on 07/22/2013 5:22:27 PM PDT by Carl Vehse
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To: Uncle Chip

Now the Gerstle family will get death threats, and their pets too.


4 posted on 07/22/2013 5:23:52 PM PDT by HerrBlucher (Praise to the Lord the Almighty the King of Creation)
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To: Carl Vehse

LOL


5 posted on 07/22/2013 5:26:35 PM PDT by Uncle Chip
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To: Uncle Chip

George is a very humble man..he doesn’t like taking credit for being a hero, he just did what he knew in his heart was right


6 posted on 07/22/2013 5:28:09 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Uncle Chip
Why didn't he just stay in his vehicle???!
7 posted on 07/22/2013 5:30:30 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: Uncle Chip
How long before someone from the St. Trayvon side claims: 1) This was staged to try and rehabilitate GZ's reputation.

or

2) Had they been black, he would not have helped.

8 posted on 07/22/2013 5:30:48 PM PDT by Michael.SF. (0bama lied, Stevens died, now 0bama covers up the lies.)
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To: Uncle Chip

God will shower George with love and grace...


9 posted on 07/22/2013 5:31:21 PM PDT by Caliban (Politics is war conducted by other means...)
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To: Uncle Chip
They are gonna write a ballad about him called Mr. Wannabe

wannabe cop
wannabe fireman
wannabe paramedic
And he left the black truck to burn on the side of the road....

10 posted on 07/22/2013 5:32:01 PM PDT by BRL
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To: HerrBlucher

The family is afraid to comment as they normally would.

The ugly racism in all this, from beginning to end, has been against Zimmerman.


11 posted on 07/22/2013 5:32:44 PM PDT by Williams (No Obama)
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To: Uncle Chip

There is NO WAY the left is not going to scream that this was all a huge SET UP.

They’re not wired to believe in genuine human kindness because they’re intensely political and they’re actually not very kind.

They think it’s SUSPICIOUS.


12 posted on 07/22/2013 5:35:30 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: Uncle Chip
In a way, this reminds me of when out-of-work African-Americans along the Cypress Freeway in Oakland crawled through the collapsed freeway after the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989 looking for survivors.

Ordinary people are motivated to do extraordinary things during emergencies.

Like the guy who was there to rescue the kidnapped girls in Cleveland a few months ago.

-PJ

13 posted on 07/22/2013 5:36:20 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: Uncle Chip

Deys crackas. Dat dont count!


14 posted on 07/22/2013 5:37:46 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: gaijin

CALL ME, "Z-MAN".

15 posted on 07/22/2013 5:38:18 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: Uncle Chip

People who drive SUV’s deserve to die for crimes against Gaia! /s


16 posted on 07/22/2013 5:39:34 PM PDT by outofsalt ("If History teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything")
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To: gaijin

State Media did not even report the event; therefor it is a non-event for most people since they’ll never hear about it. It goes against the Regime’s narrative on Zimmerman.


17 posted on 07/22/2013 5:40:01 PM PDT by Flick Lives (We're going to be just like the old Soviet Union, but with free cell phones!)
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To: Uncle Chip
I love these guys! Go George!


18 posted on 07/22/2013 5:41:15 PM PDT by RoosterRedux (I propose the segregation of Liberals from Conservatives!)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Weren’t they just out to get skittles? This is a clear case of attempted murder!


19 posted on 07/22/2013 5:42:00 PM PDT by Theophilus (Not merely prolife, but prolific)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Isn’t there some kind of medal which is tacked on by the President?


20 posted on 07/22/2013 5:43:13 PM PDT by Hardraade (http://junipersec.wordpress.com (Obama: the bearded lady of Muslim Brotherhood))
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