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WEBVTT BIG CONCERN. IT'S ALL PART OF THE AFTERMATH AND WE HAD A SERIOUS STORM BLOW THROUGH OUR AREA LAST NIGHT. THERE SOMEONE IN THE CAR. WE PULLED UP HERE AND WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THIS PEOPLE HAVE BEEN STUCK IN THAT CAR. LAST NIGHT, ME AND MY PHOTOGRAPHER WERE IN A SIMILAR SITUATION. WE WERE GOING TOWARD HIGHWAY 80 AND WE HIT SOME LOW-LYING WATER AND IT LOOKED OK. WE GOT TO A POINT WHERE WE SAID THIS ISN'T WHAT WE NEED TO DO SO WE QUICKLY TURNED AROUND AND WE COULD HAVE BEEN IN A SIMILAR SITUATION. WHEN THE WATERS ARE RISING AND YOU DON'T KNOW HOW DEEP IT IS, IT IS NEVER A GOOD IDEA TO TRY TO PASS THAT AND GET IN DEE . A CAN HAPPEN TO ANYONE. PART OF THE REASON THERE ARE A EVACUATED AND'S AND FOLKS ARE TOLD TO STAY OFF THE ROADWAYS. IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE DEAL WITH ON A DAILY BASIS AND WHEN IT HAPPENS, IT CAN END BADLY SOMETIMES. IN THIS CASE, IT SEEMS LIKE WE WILL HAVE A GOOD ENDING. >> IF YOU ARE JUST TUNING I , RIGHT NOW, WE ARE WATCHING SOMEONE THAT JUST GOT A RESCUE FROM DEEP FLOODWATER. YOU CAN SEE THE FIREFIGHTERS ARE HELPING A YOUNG MAN OUT OF THE CAR THERE. TH SCARIEST PART FOR ME IS IMAGINING THIS PERSON GETTING OUT OF THIS CAR. WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THEY WERE THERE COMETH A SAD IN THAT CAR OVERNIGHT. THIS IS PART OF THE REASON WHY YOU KEEP HEARING NIKKI HALEY AND EVERY OTHER EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT LEADER SAY DO NOT GO OUTSIDE. WE'LL KNOW IF THEY WERE TRYING TO GET OUT OF TOWN, THE CIRCUMSTANCES. KNOWING THE AFTERMATH OF THIS STORM AND THE SERIOUSNESS OF THIS STORM, THIS IS WHY THEY SAY STAY OFF THE ROADS. JUST BECAUSE YOU DON'T SEE OR HEAR THE RAIN DOES NOT MEAN YOU ARE NOT IN DANGER. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE EVEN IF IT WAS JUST FOR A LITTLE WHILE HOW SCARY IT COULD HAVE BEEN TO BE SITTING IN THAT CAR AND NOT KNOWING WHAT WOULD HAPPEN. >> HE LOOKED BELIEVE. I'M SURE HE HAS GOT AN AMAZING STORY TO TELL. IT SERVES AS A WARNING TO OTHERS ABOUT THIS VERY THING. CARS EASILY FLOAT AND WASH AWAY QUICKLY. >> WHEN YOU HAVE THE STORM OF THIS MAGNITUDE , THIS IS NOTHING TO PLAY WITH BECAUSE THE WIND REALLY CAUSE A LOT OF DAMAGE AND A LOT OF DOWNED TREES. FOR ALL WE KNOW, THERE CAN BE SOMETHING UNDER THAT WATER THAT HAS GOT THE CAR STUCK BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE AND THAT IS WHAT EVERYONE HAS BEEN SAYING. >> ARE YOU ALRIGHT? HOW LONG WERE YOU IN THERE? WAS IT DURING THE NIGHTTIME? YOU HAVE THEN IN THERE SINCE LAST NIGHT OR EARLY THIS MORNING? AT WHAT POINT DID YOU THINK THAT MAYBE I'M IN A LITTLE TOO DEEP? THE CAR JUST COMPLETELY STOPPED. WE ARE GLAD YOU ARE SAFE NOW. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT YOU WANT THROUGH. YOU HAVE GOT TO BE RELIEVED. THERE YOU GO. ACTUALLY IN THE CAR SINCE THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. HE WAS THERE UNTIL OUR FIRST RESPONDERS COULD GET OUT AND START MAKING THESE RESCUES. THIS IS WHAT WE WILL SEE START PLAYING OUT OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AND DAYS, ESPECIALLY SOME HARD TO REACH PLACES. I WOULD NEVER HAVE IMAGINED I WOULD SAY FLOODWATERS THAT WOULD RISE THREE FEET MARY AND MAKE IT WHERE YOU COULDN'T EVEN PASS ON THIS ROAD. I'M SURE THAT GENTLEMAN THOUGHT THE SAME THING. WE TAKE FOR GRANTED THESE ROADWAYS WE KNOW WHAT THE BACK OF OUR HAND AND SOMETIMES THESE SITUATIONS CAN HAPPEN FOR THE IT IS A LOT OF WATER DOWN THERE. THEY ARE SEVERAL FEET OVER THE ROADWAY AS WE SPEAK. THAT CAN QUICKLY HAPPEN . WHEN THE CAR SHUTS OFF, AND THAT IS WHEN YOU KNOW YOU HAVE GONE TOO FAR. I WAS TELLING YOU GUYS LAST NIGHT WE WERE ON THE ROADWAY AND HAD SOME AREAS OF WATER AS WELL. YOU QUICKLY THINK OF THIS IS NOT THE SITUATION I NEED TO BE IN. THE BEST PRACTICE IS IF YOU SEE

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