Oklahoma Firefighters Rescue Driver Clinging to Fence After Car Swept Into 'Raging Water'

A crew from the Broken Arrow Fire Department responded to a report in the early hours of May 21 of a vehicle that had been swept away by floodwater. They arrived to find a man “clinging to a fence post and unable to escape the raging water.” Firefighter Robert Goode used a rope to get to the man, and give him a flotation device. Goode was then able to help the man to safety. The man told firefighters he had been clinging to the post for nearly five hours before a passer-by heard his cry for help and alerted authorities. The fire department said the incident showed the “dangers associated with driving into water on the roadway.” The National Weather Service had issued a flood warning for Tulsa and Broken Arrow on May 21. Credit: Broken Arrow Fire Department via Storyful