Footage shows man rescuing woman and her dog from sinking car

Remarkable footage has emerged of the moment a woman was rescued from her sinking car during floods in Louisiana.


The convertible car was sinking fast when the heroes turned up on a boat and she could be heard shouting ‘oh my God, I’m drowning’.

They tried smashing a window but when that was unsuccessful one of them rips open the canvas roof of the car.
As the car goes under, David Phung pulls the woman free before she start panicking about her dog.
She pleads with Phung to get her dog, but he can’t find it. After several seconds, Phung takes a deep breath, goes underwater and resurfaces – with the small dog. Both the woman and dog appeared unhurt.

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Three people have died in devastating floods in Louisiana (Picture: AP)

At least 2,000 rescues have taken place (Picture: AP)

At least three people have died and thousands more were rescued after the ‘historic’ floods swamped parts of Louisiana.
Emergency crews plucked motorists from cars stranded by high water along a seven-mile stretch of the south Louisiana interstate, pulled others from inundated homes and waist-deep waters and were braced to continue the work on Sunday after conducting at least 2,000 rescues.

Louisiana governor John Bel Edwards declared a state of emergency, calling the floods ‘unprecedented’ and ‘historic’.
He and his family were forced to leave the governor’s mansion when chest-high water filled the basement and electricity was shut off.
‘That’s never happened before,’ said the governor, whose family relocated to a state police facility in the Baton Rouge area.

Source: metro.co.uk