This is the dramatic moment passers-by rescued two children from a sinking car after the driver forgot to put the handbrake on.<br /><br />The kids' father, Raymon Cosio, had parked the SUV next to the harbour in Cebu, Philippines, on Wednesday afternoon and was about to board a ferry.<br /><br />He then allegedly walked outside with another passenger, Reymund Gascon, leaving the two youngsters in the back seats. <br /><br />Moments later the car rolled back from the concrete docking area and plunged into the choppy sea. <br /><br />Onlookers dived into the water and pulled the two youngsters from the silver vehicle before it sank to the seabed. <br /><br />Officers said the children were ''traumatised'' but were not seriously injured after the accident in the town of Cordova.<br /><br />Witness Donna Ramirez said: ''The car rolled off so quickly before anybody could stop it. I was shocked. It's so fortunate that there were people there to help.''<br /><br />Police said the family were supposed to go home from a day of island hopping in the car before the incident happened. <br /><br />A spokesman from the Cordova Police Station said: ''Residents helped to rescue the passengers from the water. The children were immediately given first aid treatment on site.<br /><br />''The rescue lasted for several hours including the lifting of the SUV from the ocean using a forklift.''
