COEUR d'ALENE - Several heroes came to the rescue of Dan Lyons after his car plunged into Lake Coeur d'Alene Saturday afternoon, but none are seeking recognition.

Lyons' condition was changed from critical to serious on Monday.

Ronda Lyons, Dan's daughter, said she spoke to Devon Seeling, who is one of the rescuers, but he did not want to be contacted by the media.

"There were more than two people who came to his rescue," she said in a follow-up interview Monday, but they don't want to talk with the media either.

"His story was that he was driving down the road and saw a cloud of dust, so he stopped," Lyons said. "He got out, someone yelled to him saying they needed a knife."

That's when Seeling went back to his vehicle to get a knife. There was another person underwater trying to break the window to pull her father free.

"He really had angels looking over him," Lyons said, adding everything just started falling into place which saved her father's life.

Seeling used the knife to cut Dan's seat belt loose only to discover that his legs were stuck in the steering wheel.

"Someone was able to lift the steering wheel and free his legs," she said. "But his lungs were full of water by then."

Lyons said there were people who knew CPR, and they kept her father alive until emergency workers arrived.

"He is on a breathing machine now and they are still pumping water out of his lungs," she said. "But the doctors are still expecting a full recovery."

Her father suffered a fractured sternum, fractured disc in his back and cracked ribs in the accident.

Lyons said they do not know if her father will sustain any brain damage yet because they have kept him sedated until he is able to breathe on his own.

"Everything just came together like it was supposed to," She said. "And my father is still alive for Christmas."