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Men form human chain to pull woman to safety during insane flash flood

Name: Men form human chain to pull woman to safety during insane flash flood
Uploaded: 2016-08-01T18:38:03+00:00
Description: Ellicott City was hit by flooding at the weekend.

Ellicott City was hit by flooding at the weekend.

Tim Chester

on August 1, 2016

Men form human chain to pull woman to safety during insane flash flood

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Several people formed a human chain to save a woman from a car stuck in gushing waters in Ellicott City, Maryland on Saturday.

In dramatic footage captured by Sara Arditti on YouTube, onlooker Jason Barnes reached out to help her with the aid of several other men, finally managing to pull her free from the relentless deluge of water.

Barnes had already seen his own Main Street business flooded with water, the Washington Post reports. The woman in the car was unwilling to leave the vehicle to get into the fast-moving water until Barnes finally managed to reach the vehicle and lift her to safety.

At least two people were killed in the flash flood, the latest in a trend of heavy rainfall events tied in part to global warming.

Tim Chester

Tim Chester was Senior Editor, Real Time News in Los Angeles. Before that he was Deputy Editor of Mashable UK in London. Prior to joining Mashable, Tim was a Senior Web Editor at Penguin Random House, helping to relaunch the Rough Guides website and other travel brands. He was also a writer for Buzzfeed, GQ and The Sunday Times, covering everything from culture to tech and current affairs. Before that, he was Deputy Editor at NME.COM, overseeing content and development on the London-based music and entertainment site. Tim loves music and travel and has combined these two passions at festivals from Iceland to Malawi and beyond.