BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) — A hero FDNY firefighter saved a Queens principal from drowning when torrential rain flooded streets across New York City on Wednesday.
“I thought I was going to drown. I thought I was going to die,” Carmen Pinto said Friday while holding back tears.
Firefighter Travis Langan was driving home when he saw Pinto’s car submerged in chest-high flood waters near the Jackie Robinson Parkway and Grand Central Parkway in Queens.
The off-duty firefighter sprang into action and punched a hole in the roof of Pinto’s Tesla before pulling her out…