Overview
- John Brittingham halted traffic on Jan. 11 on A1A near Sunny Lane in Cocoa Beach and carried two toddler girls to safety within seconds.
- Dashcam video from his vehicle captured the rescue as one child stood in the roadway and the other raised her arms to be picked up.
- Brittingham says he traced the children to a nearby Airbnb through an open back gate and quickly reunited them with family without calling police.
- The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office confirms an active investigation that currently shows no sign of criminal activity, with investigators observed on Sunny Lane.
- Officials have contacted Georgia’s Division of Family and Children Services because the family was visiting from out of state, and the incident has renewed calls for safer driving on the A1A corridor.