Though authorities hailed her as a hero, Ladonya — whose father is Donny Williams, an Akronpolice detectiveof 30 years — said her actions were nothing out of the ordinary, according to ABC affiliateWEWS.

“I don’t really feel like a hero,” she told the local outlet. “I just feel like somebody who was able to help someone in need and I feel like it’s something that anybody who could have would have done.”

The incident unfolded around 9 p.m. on Aug. 22 as Ladonya was returning from a visit to her grandmother’s in Akron with her father, WEWS reported.

While waiting at a red light, the pair suddenly spotted a Grand Cherokee behind them, barreling towards them at a fast speed, according to the outlet.

Ladonya — who has been professionally modeling since she was 14 with Fashion Teens of Akron — then watched a distressed woman come out of the vehicle, begging for help, per WEWS.

“I just wanted him to be okay and I wanted the mother not to lose her child,” Ladonya recalled to the outlet.

“I was on my knee and I just had him [upside down] and I was just really patting his back really firmly,” she told the outlet.

“Everyone there is in panic mode, including me, and I’m a trained professional. I do this every day, I see it all the time, but to see someone perform like that, especially my daughter under that type of pressure at such a horrific scene, it was just amazing,” he told WJW.

“It was one of the most amazing things I’ve ever witnessed,” he continued to WEWS. “And that being my daughter, it was really, really something the next level.”

Ladonya was supposed to be in Chicago for a modeling gig at the time, but ended up canceling because she wasn’t feeling well, her dad said at the press conference.

“I was able to do something great and I knew, in that moment, that it was destined for me to be there,” she told the outlet.

“The universe had a different calling for her on that date,” her dad pointed out to WEWS.

On Wednesday, Chief Mylett commended Ladonya once again, telling the crowd, “This is a phenomenal example of when somebody is called do something, called upon to do something, and they don’t hesitate and react.”

“I’m always proud of my children but this may be one of the proudest moments of my life,” Donny said at the press conference. “To see her such a terrific act, so selfless… it’s one of those things in life you never forget.”

Speaking at the conference, Ladonya said she “never thought I’d do anything like this in my life” but urged others to learn from her story.

“I really want to encourage everyone to get certified in CPR and do what you can where you can,” she told the reporters.

“It’s very important,” she added to WEWS. “You could save somebody’s life.”

source: people.com