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NY Woman Who Died Trying To Save Dog In Flash Flood Remembered For 'Generous Heart' NY Woman Who Died Trying To Save Dog In Flash Flood Remembered For 'Generous Heart'
NY Woman Who Died Trying To Save Dog In Flash Flood Remembered For 'Generous Heart' Support is swelling for the family of a New York woman who died while trying to save her dog during a rare flash flood. Hudson Valley resident Pamela Nugent, age 35, was swept away after water surrounded her Orange County home in the hamlet of Fort Montgomery during the severe storms on Sunday, July 9, according to a GoFundMe. "She came out, seeing her house was taking on too much water," Gov. Kathy Hochul said during a news conference Monday in Highland Falls. "She was with her dog and her fiancé literally saw her swept away. Terror, right here." Emergency responders later found Nugent’s …

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