we head to ellicott city maryland where a flash flood rushed through main street
sweeping up cars and trapping the people inside this incident was captured on a security camera
three different cell phone cameras and multiple howard county 911 hi you probably know this
already but there is torrential flooding on main street ellicott city and we have seen people
clinging onto cars being swept away down the street oh my god ma'am what's going on oh my god
what's happening man there are cars flying down the street
the devastation here is severe homes and businesses are being thrashed by the flood
cars are being swept down the street with horrifying speed
this car has gotten stuck with the driver still trapped inside creating an opportunity for a
bystander to try and help bring her to safety but the rushing water is so fast it knocks him off
his feet amazingly he's able to get himself back up and comes back for another attempt
this time joining hands with a group of nearby strangers forming a human chain
fearing the vehicle could be swept away at any
moment the group yells for the woman to leave her car
as the woman emerges from her vehicle our rescuer
risks his life yet again as he breaks away from the chain to grab her from the window
finally thanks to the brave actions of this group of strangers the woman is pulled to safety without
injury we're now joined by the man who led this rescue mission jason barnes jason let's start at
the beginning what was it like that night around eight probably about 7 30 it started raining
nothing too serious went from three inches to three feet in seconds so this really was about a
20-minute flood which just devastated everything yeah i mean from the time it was like okay this
is about normal to you know oh my god it's the apocalypse i mean 30 minutes at most now to me
what was such a scary point was seeing you leading your way out there you get swept off
your feet by a current that is carrying cars what goes through your mind when you lose your footing
and you're caught in those raging waters um the reason why i moved out quicker if you look very
carefully in the corner you can see a massive trash can shoot down that's what made me move
further and faster than i wanted to at that point i was just happy that i didn't get hit by that
and then i lose my footing it was very quick i'm trying to hold on and then i start heading
down the next thing one of my boots flies off my feet um and then it's just kind of a roll out um
i think i only had a split second thought that was like how hard does this ride go and then kind of
was back on my feet so we see you guys making your efforts and all of a sudden you form a human chain
were you guys calling this out or was it just kind of instinctive that you all locked arms
not much of a conversation at all happened it was just kind of all performed naturally now you
reach out you get to that door what goes to your mind when you finally get this woman in your arms
she was pretty light so i was able to get kind of get her out of the car
i figured from there you know i looked at the situation and saw well she seems to be only
arm's length away so it was just a quick action of pulling everyone in well jason just remarkable to
watch and see how people come together in times of crises man it's it's an honor to share your story
and to hear it from your point of view thank you well thank you thanks for being a fan of
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