SEE IT: Police Officer Helps Rescue Stranded Driver Stuck In Ida Flooding
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EWING, N.J. (CBSNewYork) -- Video shows a dramatic rescue in Ewing during last week's storm.
A police body camera captured the officer struggling to walk through rushing floodwater to reach a stranded driver.
Ewing- As our area experienced historic flooding on September 1st , our Officers responded to mutliple calls for service...
Posted by Ewing Police Department on Wednesday, September 8, 2021
The frightened woman had gotten out of her car but could barely stand in the waist-deep water.
The officer helped the woman secure herself on a guard rail and waited with her for about 20 minutes until firefighters arrived with a boat to rescue them.
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