International Courant
Weatherman Bob Van Dillen possible knew it was going to be an eventful night time masking Hurricane Helene for Fox because the Class 4 storm made landfall, however he could not have imagined simply how eventful it might get.
Van Dillen was doing a reside nationwide standup in Atlanta early this morning with a flooded roadway as a backdrop.
“You’ll be able to see proper right here we have got this girl that drove into the realm that is flooded out and he or she’s screaming proper now,” he informed the Fox & Mates studio hosts. After describing the scene for a number of extra seconds with the sound of the girl’s voice within the background, Van Dillen informed the viewers, “I simply referred to as 911. The hearth division is coming.”
He then turned to attempt to consolation the girl assuring her assistance is on the best way earlier than chopping his reside shot brief, telling the studio, “It is a state of affairs. We’ll get again to you in a bit. I’ll see if I can assist this girl out.”
Lower to video of Van Dillen carrying the girl on his again by way of chest deep floodwaters earlier than actually giving her the shirt off his again so she may get heat.
Van Dillen wasn’t the one hero who braved the storm.
A US Coastguard rescue helicopter flew out into the hurricane to avoid wasting a person and his canine on a disabled sailboat.
HEROIC RESCUE! The US Coast Guard shared a video of their daring rescue of a person and his canine after their sailboat was disabled throughout Hurricane #Helene. Each are secure and in good well being.
: AST2 Hudson, edited by Lt. Cmdr. Kellerman, AirSta Clearwater pic.twitter.com/aD5lpt8cxz
— John-Carlos Estrada (@Mr_JCE) September 27, 2024
