Man carries girlfriend’s mom away from flooding in Fort Myers

Writer: Derrick Shaw
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A man jumped to the rescue to save a family from high water during a rainy day in Southwest Florida. A woman says her boyfriend carried her mom from a car that was stuck in floodwater. It was all caught on camera.

Davina Gonzalez says her 83-year-old mother was stuck in her car on a flooded Fowler Street during strong storms  in Fort Myers Tuesday afternoon.

What started as fear turned into relief. Gonzalez watched as her boyfriend carried her mom to safety after a frightening afternoon drive.

Gonzalez’s mother and father tried to get to a doctor’s appointment when they got stuck in rising water on Fowler.

“It’s really scary because there were cars driving by, and my mom said that the waves were so heavy when car drove by, it was crashing against the car, and the car was rocking back and forth,” Gonzalez said. “Thunder was there. We could hear the thunder. That made me nervous going through the water.”

But Gonzalez says her boyfriend remained calm.

“As soon as we got there, he knew what to do,” Gonzalez said. “He didn’t worry. Don’t worry, I got this.”

Gonzalez says her mother gave her boyfriend a big kiss after she was safely in the car.

“That made him smile,” Gonzalez said.

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