A TV reporter in Florida has been hailed as a hero after footage emerged of him rescuing a nurse whose car had been stuck in floodwater during Hurricane Ian.
A TV reporter in Florida has been hailed as a hero after footage emerged of him rescuing a nurse whose car had been stuck in floodwater.
The broadcast shows Mr Atkins, of local NBC-affiliated broadcaster WESH 2, wading into the water, which was now reaching up to his waist, and trudging over to the car. The hurricane, which made landfall as a Category 4 storm on Wednesday and is now Category 1, has wreaked havoc with 120mph winds and flooding up to seven feet deep in places, forcing hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate.
‘Grateful to God, grateful the news [team] was right there, grateful she was able to get out that window, grateful for Tony Atkin.Fellow reporter Marlei Martinez tweeted: ‘My colleague, Tony Atkins, just did this! Incredible. I also love how he carried her purse the whole way too.’
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