Fox Weatherman interrupts live broadcast to rescue a screaming woman trapped in a flooded car

Meteorologist Bob Van Dillen probably knew it would be an eventful night for Fox, including Hurricane Helene as the Category 4 storm made landfall, but he couldn’t have imagined just how eventful it would be.

Early this morning, Van Dillen performed live in Atlanta with a flooded roadway in the background.

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“You see we have a woman who drove into a flooded area and is now screaming,” he told reporters. Fox and friends studio hosts. After describing the scene for a few seconds with the sound of a woman’s voice in the background, Van Dillen told the audience, “I just called 911. The fire department is coming.”

He then turned to try to comfort the woman, assuring her that help was on the way, before cutting to a live shot and telling the studio: “This is the situation. We will contact you in a moment. I’ll see if I can help this lady.

Video clip shows Van Dillen carrying a woman on his back through chest-deep floodwaters before literally giving her the shirt he had removed from his back so she could warm herself.

Van Dillen wasn’t the only hero to brave the storm.

A U.S. Coast Guard rescue helicopter flew into a hurricane to rescue a man and his dog on a disabled sailboat.

HEROIC RESCUE! The US Coast Guard released video showing the daring rescue of a man and his dog after their sailboat became stranded during a hurricane #Helen. They are both safe and sound.

: AST2 Hudson, edited by Lt. Cmdr. Kellerman, AirSta Clearwater pic.twitter.com/aD5lpt8cxz

— John-Carlos Estrada (@Mr_JCE) September 27, 2024

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