Karina Shedrofsky

USA TODAY

Lydia Cummings lost her job as a TV reporter after a photograph of her being carried across a flooded street by locals went viral, spawning dozens of memes.

Cummings, 24, went to the city of Puebla in central Mexico late last month to cover flooding, but was apparently concerned about getting her feet wet, the New York Post reported. A local man and woman came to her rescue.

In the photo, Cummings can be seen hanging on to the townspeople's shoulders as they hoist her up by her legs — keeping her nice and dry — and trudge through the muddied floodwaters in the streets.

The Internet got a huge kick out of Cummings' unorthodox reporting style. The photo instantly went viral with the hashtag #LadyReportera and social media users created dozens of hilarious memes.

She was photoshopped being carried across the moon, through a battle in Game of Thrones and away from an explosion in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Cummings was fired from the TV station, Azteca Pueblo, after the photo went viral. In a statement posted on Twitter, the station condemned her for being disrespectful to the people of the community she was covering. The statement said she was no longer with the company.

She told El Pais, a local newspaper, that she was afraid it would be rude to decline the couple's offer to carry her. Cummings also said she hopes to continue to pursue a career in journalism.

“Despite the bitter pill, I want to be a journalist. I love this profession, I have covered several floods, which I (got) wet and never cared. After all this (settles) down a little (I will) keep looking for opportunities,” Cummings told the paper.

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