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Local Ark. News Reporter Braves Rushing Water to Save Sinking Motorist
- Posted on June 2, 2011 at 7:21am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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While covering the floods in White County, AR on Tuesday, KARK-TV news reporter Adam Rodriguez and photographer Casey Moore spotted a woman trying to drive her SUV over a heavily-flooded road. She failed. Eventually, the fast-rushing water started sweeping her away and engulfing her vehicle.
That’s when Rodriguez decided to tie a rope around himself, wade in water nearly up to his neck, and rescue the woman. And Moore caught it all on camera:
(H/T: Business Insider)
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Comments (58)
TheVOR
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 10:52amDon’t they have the Public Service Announcement in Arkansas:
Turn around, don’t drown.
Report Post »TimeIsUp
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 10:43amGuess which one voted for obama.
Report Post »publicuss
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 10:40amLook Maw, a real American Journo! Not like those leftie journo’s that just stand around and report…..
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 10:34amYou’ve got the story completely wrong. In Arkansas, this is called taking a bath.
Report Post »thorkyl
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 10:33amFlowing water is tough to judge.
I had our boat out doing water rescues a few years back and as they called us out of the area cause the last road was starting to flood we left.
I had a truck full of people and about 30 on the boat.
The water was 2 inches deep and flowing, the trailer started to be moved by the water, to the point I though I was going to loose it, the truck, and all 50 people I had with me.
Stay out of the water, regardless how deep it is if it has any flow to it.
I will give a big cudo to reporter. That is a man did the right thing.
Report Post »Neesey
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 10:09amMy mother made this same mistake driving a little Subaru wagon back in 77. She could not see the depth of the water and it was night. Luckily, she walked away, and the car dried out, 6 months later and started right up. Subaru rocks.
Report Post »Lucky for this lady it was daytime. What WAS she thinking? Just look at the darn telephone poles.
bannerwood42
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 9:49amWhat a bimbo, after I got her out of the water I would have knocked her along side of her head what was she thinking ?
Report Post »illuminoddy
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 9:40amglad to see the cameraman still stands up for the basic rights of media people to get a great story with great footage while people are dying.
Report Post »salvawhoray
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 9:22amThey deserved to drown for being that stupid.
Report Post »James in Abilene
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 9:18amThe water’s only 3 or 4 inches deep. My eight year-old could have crossed it on her bicycle. It’s obvious she was texting and veered off the road into much deeper water. Tsk tsk.
Report Post »hempstead1944
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 9:16amYou can’t fix stupid….this is simply more evidence
Report Post »conservativemom99
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 9:14amBrave reporter…but…Why would they stand idly by as she drove in? There was no sound during that part…they were suspiciously right by her tire filming the water as her tire cut through it…Seems like they would have tried to stop her……hmmmm…
Report Post »brntout
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 9:05amI think the spin here is “rushing” waters???? Anybody experience a rip tide? Stupid thing to do but to me a coincedence a news crew covers a vehicle driving non-chalant into a road covered in water?Smells like a publicity stunt to relevance for the media.
Report Post »Richard_FL
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 8:46amGlad she is safe and kudos to the guy who rescued her. Could have turned out a whole lot worse.
Now that this moronic act of driving into water (how many times do people have to be warned??) is on film, it would be interesting to see if her insurance carrier would care to have a copy to use in their denial of claim. Seems that stupidity should not be born by the insurance company.
Good grief…………………are people really this stupid??
Report Post »PatriotsCause
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 8:19amGreat job!!!
Report Post »christos
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 8:14am……This lady should lose her license,truly lacking sound judgement,unreal.
Report Post »jedi.kep
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 8:09amWay to help someone in need, even when that someone is an idiot.
Report Post »tranymike
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 7:54amthe cop drives out in the same make/model to get her. call berry the cop was acting stuiply, stupidly, stupidley how the hell do you spell it is even a word.
Report Post »Elena2010
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 12:52pm…stupidly…
Report Post »Bill me later
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 7:47amCheck out the hair color.
Report Post »MontanaRob
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 10:28amDuly noted! By the way, did you hear about the blonde that was found dead by the side of the road? She had a running suit on and an Ipod whose battery was dead. When the investigator recharged the battery, he listened to the Ipod to find all it contained was; “breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out….”
Report Post »LadyIzShy
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 7:46amvery good a human reporter and not just a robot who watches and does nothing
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 7:41amwow, thanks to this unselfish hero,this crazy woman is a live today, what the heck was she thinking, o yeah, she was not thinking ,what an egg head for going through deep flooded water, but she did have a s u v ,so she assumed she had a boat to boot i guess, if you see water over the road, turn around,don’t drown. looks like another blonde joke going down the river.
Report Post »IslandMama
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 7:40amAdam is a hero. Thanks for doing the right thing, Adam. The lady was lucky too; she could have been swept away by that water.
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 7:38amThat was hilarious. What a moron. She guns it when it’s floating away. Then she brakes? Gotta be a Democrat woman.
Report Post »Nervous Investor
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 7:35amGood for him. Good for her – she is still alive.
Report Post »tiredoftaxes
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 8:00pmKinda makes me mad because that reporter could have lost his life to save this moron. Imagine the vehicle shifting suddenly and trapping him underneath! Stupid, stupid, stupid girl. Maybe she was texting and didn’t notice that big flood of rushing water.
Report Post »WeekendAtBernankes
Posted on June 4, 2011 at 1:55pmI thought the same thing as soon as he got near the truck. What was this woman thinking, driving into that?! Normalcy bias?
Report Post »matanzawarrior
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 7:29amwho says the media is just watching?
Report Post »ISeeDanger.com
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 7:31amI guess the lesson is cars aren’t made to drive on water???
Report Post »Hello….
http://www.ISeeDanger.com
grandmaof5
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 8:06amGlad she was rescued, although rule #1 (at least in FL): If you can’t see the road, don’t drive over it, stay out of the water.
Report Post »dave928
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 8:47amMaybe you fine folks out there in California can take notes on how to rescue someone from drowning instead of standing around and watching.
Report Post »NOTAMUSHROOM
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 9:59amSee. Chivalry is not dead. Thank God for Christians.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 10:51amBrave man, thank you God for letting him be there to save her, and helping him in the process as well.
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 11:02amSTARK contrast to:
Report Post »http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_18177414?nclick_check=1
where police just stood and watched for 45 minutes while a man drowned in water up to his neck. FORTY-FIVE MINUTES they WATCHED him DROWN.
Why? They say they were following ‘new policy’ and claim the ‘new policy’ was due to ‘budget cuts’.
Here’s the interesting part… The SOCIALIST LIBS are scrambling to USE this as a poster child against budget cuts! WTF? Really? This wasn’t CAUSED by budget cuts. It was caused by irrespsonible police and firefighters who would rather follow a policy than save a man’s life!
Then there was the citizen who happened upon the situation and tried to save the man herself. But, she had arrived too late. I wonder how much ‘budget’ she had for training and equipment??
This has GOT to STOP!!!
Vickie Dhaene
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 11:42amWithout seeing I knew she was blonde. Idiot……..
Report Post »Elena2010
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 12:29pmAdam — thank you for being one of us Americans!
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 1:03pmGood thing that wasn’t in CA. Policy forbids shore based rescue and too shallow for the coast guard.
Report Post »GODSAMERICA
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 4:39pmNow I know that this reporter is NOT a MSM reporter. If it had been a MSM reporter he wouldn’t have went out like that. He probably would have stayed there on dry land and lamented for his report how the conservatives caused her to do this and how they are trying to kill off all the people.
Report Post »Wolf
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 10:28am@Vickie… ROFLMBO- that was soooo cute! Thanks for making my day. (Just don‘t tell M’Lady I laffed at a blonde joke or I’m a dead man sitting.)
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