The family of Abe Grauer wants to meet the teenager who saved the 82-year-old man after a dramatic accident in Cote St. Luc Sunday afternoon.

"He was in the right place at the right time and his courage to jump into a cold pool and to save a stranger...that I find fantastic," said Grauer's son, Morty.

Grauer was sitting in his parked car at Cavendish Mall waiting for his wife to finish shopping when he suddenly lost consciousness.

His car rolled for about 200 metres, crashed through a fence, and plunged into a backyard pool at the corner of Mackle Rd. and Newton St.

"Probably when he passed out he must have stepped on the gas," his son said.

It was 17-year-old Marten Benko, a competitive swimmer and a lifeguard, who came to the rescue. Benko was out walking his dog when he heard the crash. He rushed to the pool, dove into the murky, frigid water and shattered the back window of the car with his elbow.

"I pulled the old man out. At the moment I pulled him out, he was unconscious, he was bleeding," Benko told CTV News.

Emergency workers performed CPR and rushed Grauer to the hospital. The accident left him with a series of injuries and complications, including a broken vertebrae, and water-filled lungs.

"He's on the maximum amount of oxygen. He has fractured ribs. Yesterday he had bleeding from the pancreas, the spleen and a kidney," said his son.

But Morty Grauer said he's confident that his father will survive the devastating accident.

"I know he's a very strong person and I can't see this slowing him down. I'm sure he's going to come out of it."

Grauer said doctors have told him his father is stable, but the next 48 hours are critical.

He also noted that in the past year his father had taken a driving test to ensure he was still fit to be behind the wheel.

While spending time at the hospital, Grauer -- who owns a chain of computer stores -- said he's been thinking about how to reward the boy who saved his father's life.

"I'd like to show him my appreciation and to actually to give him a laptop for his studies and for college."