A man was rescued from his flooded truck on live TV in New Orleans as Hurricane Francine passed through the city Wednesday night.
Why it matters: WDSU reporters captured the entire thing on live TV.
What happened: Hurricane Francine's relentless rainfall combined with power outages and pump failures to cause street flooding throughout the metro.
WDSU reporter Jonah Gilmore was filming near the flooded Canal Street underpass, the station says, when someone in a truck drove past barricades blocking the roadway.
Miles Crawford, a nurse, saw what happened on the live shot, ran home for a hammer, then drove to the scene and used it to break the truck's window and rescue the driver, WDSU reports.
The truck was fully submerged minutes later, and Crawford was immediately hailed as a hero.
What he said: "I'm a nurse," Crawford said to the camera right after the rescue. "Gotta save lives, right?"
