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VIDEO: First Responders In DC Make Water Rescue Amid Flash Flooding During Storm VIDEO: First Responders In DC Make Water Rescue Amid Flash Flooding During Storm
Video: First Responders In DC Make Water Rescue Amid Flash Flooding During Storm Fast-moving thunderstorms that rolled through the region caused difficulties for some who found themselves caught in precarious positions. In one such instance, DC Fire and EMS first responders had to attempt a water rescue in Northeast DC after a driver’s vehicle became trapped under a bridge by flooded waters. Shortly after 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 10, the agency’s Rescue Squad was ready to jump into action along the 600 block of Rhode Island Avenue with an inflatable boat to save the driver. Water rescue 600 block R.I. Ave NE. Had occupied vehicle in high water. Rescue Squad w…

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by Zak Failla