Houston man talks about being rescued after truck swept away, flooded with him still inside

Only on FOX, a Houston man who survived being swept away in yesterday's severe storm spoke with FOX 26 about the scary incident and being rescued by a Good Samaritan. Reporter Jonathan Mejia reports on what the man had to say.

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[nizammohammed]

Amazing rescue it brings tears to my save ones life..Gods Grace

[CL-esnz]

🙌🏾😢Thank GOD for those good Samaritans! They are heroes. Definitely saved a life!

[kellyreilly]

I'm so that someone was able to save him!!!

[OG_Wonder_Woman]

He didn't even talk about his rescuers! Not even a thank you. Well, at least they know they did the right thing.

[ducngo]

Drainage. Lifes jackets. Brightest lights.

[stevanstevan]

Welcome 2 Houston Note every time 10 people take a we flood!

[andyleo]

Basically, the dude tried to take a short cut and drove into a drain ditch.

[arthurfoyt]

Thank goodness that there were not average Samaritans around!

[mariapilarme]

Don’t drive in heavy rain. I am glad it’s fine

[ducngo]

Stack? ? Ladder? ? Stairs? ? Rope? ? Ropes? ? Chain? ? Chains? ?

[ducngo]

Wiser to let people especially police call 911 where you are going and which route then after. Or both.

[ducngo]

Buckets. Bottles. Giants pumps. Small pumps. Integral.

[ducngo]

Storm problem. Stay in a house. Hillclimbing problem.

[ducngo]

Tows trucks boats chains. Boats pull truck or if trucks outside of river. Fight the river current flow overpower.

[ducngo]

Visibility reflectors clothes. Be seen. See and be seen.

[ducngo]

Pipes tubes suck the water outside of the river or truck? ? Pumps? ? Truck giant bottle? ?

[ducngo]

Why not wait for river and rain to flow down then roll the truck? ? Pivot? ?

[ducngo]

Google maps. Apple maps. Global positioning system (GPS.)