Family of five rescued a dog during the raging floods in Arizona, after massive downpours flooded streets and rivers and streams overflowed.
The incident occurred on Saturday in the waters of Sycamore Creek, which flows in the Tonto National forest, located near Phoenix. Earlier, the national weather service warned about the flood, which caused heavy rains, swept Phoenix and other cities in Arizona. Massive flooding has suddenly overtaken the people of the state, killing dozens of people, in the way which was the big water.
Employee service tow cars Arizona Off-Road 4×4 Recovery Christine Girard said that was in the area during the floods when I saw about 5 people on the other side of Sycamore Creek.
«A family of five with the little boy grabbed the puppy and decided to cross the stream.»- says Christine. «They held onto the cross beam of his car on the roof.»
Soon the owner of Arizona Off-Road 4×4 Recovery Joe Osuch turned the winch on his tow, and a rope was thrown in the direction of the family that tried to cross the raging river. After several attempts, one of the family members managed to catch the other end of the rope and attach to the car. Thus, in a few minutes, Joe pulled people from the water.
«I just can’t get the moment out of my head when the car sat six-year-old boy with a puppy in his left hand and his right hand was holding on to the crossbar.» said Osuch. «It was obvious he was scared.»
Joe remembers that Sycamore became a «Colorado river», and the flow rate was about 1,000 cubic miles per second.
Saved family went on memorial day recently deceased family member, when suddenly they were overtaken by the flood. Not reported whether the injured someone from the family members. Joe says that the next morning the Creek was dry.
Weather service reports that flooding occurs within six hours after heavy rain, or other weather phenomena that could trigger this. Floods, as a rule, difficult to predict, making them particularly dangerous.
