Fox Weather meteorologist Bob Van Dillen is being called a hero after he rescued an Atlanta woman trapped in rising floodwaters mid-broadcast.
Van Dillen launched the one-man rescue mission to save the screaming woman, who appeared stuck in her car surrounded by the waters of Hurricane Helene.
“We got you. 911, they’re coming. You’re good,” Van Dillen told the woman, who continued to scream.
“It’s a situation. We’ll get back to you in a little bit. I’m gonna go see if I can help this lady out a little bit more you guys,” he told his crew. “I’ll be back.”
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Soon after, he appeared on camera, chest-deep in the floodwaters, carrying the woman to safety.
“I just said, ‘You know what, I realize I’m with you guys. I’m on the air, but I can’t let it go,” Van Dillen recalled the rescue. “I dropped everything, and I took my wallet out of my pants, and I went in there.”
“About chest-deep, the water is actually rising and getting up into the car itself,” he continued. “I told her, ‘OK, undo your seatbelt,’ and she undid her seatbelt, and I said, ‘Let me have your phone. Let me have your bags.’ Then put her on my back, and then we walked in.”
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The woman was fine but was in shock, shivering and cold, according to Van Dillen.
“I gave her one of my shirts, and she was in our car, just warming up. About 10 minutes later, the fire department came, saw that we were OK, and they went on to the next rescue,” he said.
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