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Last Minute Flash Flood Rescue Caught On Camera

submitted by mintbbb

1 decade 4 years 5 months ago

YouTube: Two girls stranded in a taxi by flash flooding in northern Colombia have been rescued by a brave passer-by - and the heroic deed was filmed by an amateur cameraman
Gian Carlos Gonzalez waded through the fast-flowing waters and carried the passengers to safety in the city of Barranquilla on Thursday.

The young man said he acted because the situation was "desperate".

"I took my clothes off and went to help the girls who were in the taxi," he said.

"[I was] tied to a rope and without thinking I went out to help them because they were in trouble.

"Fortunately we were able to help them and everything came out ok, thank God."

Amateur video shows the taxi being washed away shortly after the girls were rescued and as the driver was trying to escape.

He was swept away along with the car, but was later plucked from the waters by soldiers.

2 Comments

GeeSussFreeK

says...

whew, happy ending after the scary cut away...sweet.

NordlichReiter

says...

The guy probably wouldn't have fallen had he lowered his center of gravity.

But if he did that his huge brass balls would have contacted the cold water.