{"id":84636,"date":"2024-10-11T09:52:55","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T02:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/?p=84636"},"modified":"2024-10-11T09:52:55","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T02:52:55","slug":"weatherman-stops-broadcasting-to-save-woman-stuck-in-deadly-hurricane-helene-flood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/weatherman-stops-broadcasting-to-save-woman-stuck-in-deadly-hurricane-helene-flood\/","title":{"rendered":"Weatherman Stops Broadcasting To Save Woman Stuck In Deadly Hurricane Helene Flood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Weatherman Bob Van Dillen likely knew it was going to be an eventful night covering Hurricane Helene for Fox as the Category 4 storm made landfall, but he couldn\u2019t have imagined just how eventful it would get.\n</p><div id='\"quads-ad65128\"' class='\"quads-location' quads-ad65128 data-lazydelay='\"3000\"'>\n<div id='\"quads-ad2-place\"' class='\"quads-ll\"'>\n<p>Van Dillen was doing a live national standup in Atlanta early this morning with a flooded roadway as a backdrop.\n</p><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"aligncenter' size-full wp-image-93498 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/i0.wp.com%5C/lindi.info%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/10%5C/fox.webp?resize=791%2C528&amp;ssl=1%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"791\"' height='\"528\"' data-recalc-dims='\"1\"' title='\"\"'>\n</p><p>\u201cYou can see right here we\u2019ve got this lady that drove into the area that\u2019s flooded out and she\u2019s screaming right now,\u201d he told the Fox &amp; Friends studio hosts. After describing the scene for a few more seconds with the sound of the woman\u2019s voice in the background, Van Dillen told the audience, \u201cI just called 911. The fire department is coming.\u201d\n</p><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"aligncenter' size-full wp-image-93531 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/i0.wp.com%5C/lindi.info%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/10%5C/Screen-Shot-2024-10-09-at-17.31.04.png?resize=476%2C508&amp;ssl=1%5C%22" sizes='\"auto,' srcset='\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lindi.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screen-Shot-2024-10-09-at-17.31.04.png?w=476&amp;ssl=1' https: alt='\"\"' width='\"476\"' height='\"508\"' data-recalc-dims='\"1\"' title='\"\"'>\n</p><p>He then turned to try and comfort the woman assuring her help is on the way before cutting his live shot short, telling the studio, \u201cIt\u2019s a situation. We\u2019ll get back to you in a bit. I\u2019m going to see if I can help this lady out.\u201d\n</p><p>Cut to video of Van Dillen carrying the woman on his back through chest deep floodwaters before literally giving her the shirt off his back so she could get warm.\n</p><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"aligncenter' size-full wp-image-93532 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/i0.wp.com%5C/lindi.info%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/10%5C/Screen-Shot-2024-10-09-at-17.32.29.png?resize=471%2C674&amp;ssl=1%5C%22" sizes='\"auto,' srcset='\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lindi.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screen-Shot-2024-10-09-at-17.32.29.png?w=471&amp;ssl=1' https: alt='\"\"' width='\"471\"' height='\"674\"' data-recalc-dims='\"1\"' title='\"\"'>\n</p><p>Van Dillen wasn\u2019t the only hero who braved the storm.\n</p><p>A U.S. Coastguard rescue helicopter flew out into the hurricane to save a man and his dog on a disabled sailboat.\n</p><p>Elsewhere, on Atlanta resident was caught on video using a sleeping air mattress as a life raft as rescue workers patrolled the chest-high floodwaters saving people.\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"</p><p>Weatherman Bob Van Dillen likely knew it was going to be an eventful night covering Hurricane Helene for Fox as the Category 4 storm made landfall, but he couldn\u2019t have imagined just how eventful it would get. 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