This incredible video begins as Eyewitness News is about to go live to reporter Steve Campion in Houston, Texas. Campion and his crew were setting up at an overpass on Studemon Street, where an individual had just escaped through the sunroof of their car after driving into high flood waters.
However, right before the handoff, a Honda Insight drives on by the crew and dives into the flood waters. After 40 seconds of bobbing up and down in the water, the driver - later identified as Andy - finally opens his car’s door and asks Campion what he should do.
“Dude, you gotta get out of the car.”
“What should I do?”
“Swim. Leave the car, swim,” instructs Campion. Andy does so, before Campion - carrying his microphone - helps pull him up to safety.
“I just thought it was a puddle, no more,” explained Andy in a later interview (below). “I had no idea that it was going to go so deep.
“I thought how am I going to get out of here so I opened the door and you were kind enough to tell me to swim and that’s what I did.”
