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Two University of Nebraska at Omaha women’s basketball players performed well after practice on Tuesday, February 24, helping two drivers escape their car after they fell into a sinkhole.
“At first I thought it was just an accident,” student-athlete Olivia Borsutsky Tell that to college and high school sports outlets Open 3 after the incident. “I pulled over because something was wrong.”
Bosutsky and her teammates Esra Kurban As they were driving back from training, they noticed a driver getting out of his car in the middle of the intersection. Soon, they realized that two cars across the street had fallen into a huge sinkhole.
“We were at the traffic light, waiting for the light to turn green, and I saw the lady get out of the car, and I was like, ‘Oh!'” Bosutsky said on the show. Hurrdat ONE Podcast. “It looked like an accident, and then I looked closer…and I thought, ‘Oh, there are people down there.'” “
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Borsudski said she didn’t see anyone helping, so she pulled over and ran toward the man who was unable to climb out of the sinkhole after getting out of the car. She had difficulty helping him on her own, so she called in another bystander for more help.
“In the news, it doesn’t look that scary, it doesn’t look that profound,” Borsutsky told Competitor. “But standing in front of the cave – it was just terrifying.”
She continued, “I wasn’t really thinking in that moment. I just thought, ‘I need to help this guy who’s trapped in the hole.'”
Kurban extended a helping hand not far behind his teammate, and within minutes, the two drivers were safely out of the sinkhole and out of danger.
Minutes later, police arrived and surveyed the scene. Both drivers were shaken but reportedly uninjured.
Once everything was cleared and the teammates returned from training, the enormity of the moment and the consequences of their efforts were all understood.
“My dad called me the next day and said, ‘You’re in danger. This could be really bad for you,'” Borsudski said of her parents, who live in Germany. “I was like, ‘Oh, I haven’t really thought about this.'”
Teammates posted photos of the incident in a team chat, and soon after a video went viral on social media, racking up more than 1.6 million likes on TikTok.
Borsutski told On3 her strength coach texted her in response: “Very strong, big dog.”
The Nebraska Omaha men’s basketball team expressed support for the Good Samaritan, tweeting a video of the incident along with a message of support.
“So proud of these Mavericks 👏,” the team account posted.
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Borsudsky said multiple cars passed the scene without offering assistance, while others stood around documenting the incident.
“Men and women are just recording. No one is helping,” she told me Open 3.
“Don’t use your smartphone to try to record; help that person. It could be you in that hole,” Bosudsky told Competitor.
She continued, “That’s why this is so crazy for us, why we’re all over the news. We just helped, we did some big things, but it wasn’t a big deal. I feel like everyone should be doing the same things we did.”
