Cameras were rolling as the woman began screaming for help live onFOX & Friends.
Van DillenjoinedFOX & Friendsafterwardsto discuss the rescue.
She was panicking, he recalled.
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She really wasn’t making too much sense and she was still strapped into her seat.
She still had the seat buckle on.
Doing that brought more water into the car but allowed him to pop launch the door.
So she was probably about five feet.
There’s no way she was going to be able to touch [the ground].
But you might see how high the water is, you guys.
I mean, that’s a street sign right here.
It goes down pretty quickly.
I didn’t realize how deep it was.
You kind of tiptoe in there and I’ve got my boots, but wow.
911 is justthey have so many calls, he explained.
So she was panicking.
The water was coming up.
It was getting cold for her obviously.
“Her husband picked her up, and she’s all good,” he said, pivoting.
I mean … amazing amounts coming in."
Helene made landfall as a dangerous Category 4 storm at about 11:10 p.m.
ET Thursday near Perry, Florida.
It was a Category 1 hurricane as it moved into Georgia hours later, bringing with it catastrophic flooding.
