Dramatic Rescue of Motorist Stranded by Flood in Arizona
How Arizona firefighters whisked stranded motorist to safety.
— -- The dramatic moment Arizona firefighters navigated through a flooded roadway this morning to rescue a stranded motorist was captured on video.
Apache Junction, Arizona, located just east of Phoenix, was slammed with up to two inches of rain this morning, causing several roadways to flood, according to an alert from the National Weather Service.
A video taken by ABC News' Phoenix affiliate KNXV-TV shows a white van was stalled in the roadway, as rushing water as high as the wheel well flows past.
Firefighters then carefully pull up parallel to the vehicle and help the motorist climb to safety into the fire truck, leaving behind his van.
An alert cautions that flooding could affect the warning area "into the late morning hours before receding."