A TV weather reporter in Atlanta interrupted his live shot about Hurricane Helene Friday to rescue a woman from a vehicle stranded by rising floodwaters.
In video of the rescue, standing in the rain with the submerged vehicle behind him, FOX Weather meteorologist Bob Van Dillen describes how the woman drove into a flooded area.
He says he has called 911, and she can be heard screaming as he tries to assure her that help is on the way. Then he says to the camera: “It’s a situation. We’ll get back to you in a little bit. I’m going to see if I can help this lady out a little bit more you guys.”
Van Dillen is then seen wading through the water with the woman on her back, carrying her to safety.
That woman had zero survival instinct. She was sitting in her car as the water rose, like once you’re waist deep in your car, maybe unbuckle and try to get on the roof or preemptively open a door before the pressure traps it shut. My God.
I agree but until you’re in the same situation you have no idea what you’ll do.
brain chemistry is weird and makes you do the dumbest things in dangerous situations.
monkey brain goes brrrrrrr.
Yeah, it’s pretty hard to wrap your head around, especially hearing she was neck-deep by the time he got to her. I’m guessing she didn’t feel physically capable of making it onto the roof and worried if she climbed out of the car’s interior she’d get swept away faster.
Lots of people panic when they are in a situation they never planned for before. We live such routine and safe lives most people have never been in a survival situation and they lock up or make bad decisions.
This was exactly my thought as I read and reread this paragraph several times trying to figure out if I was getting it wrong.