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- Fox Weather’s Bob Van Dillen rescued a woman from flood waters live on air in Atlanta.
- Hurricane Helene has caused severe flooding and power outages across the southeastern US.
- The Category 4 hurricane made landfall near Perry, Florida, on Thursday night.
Fox Weather reporter Bob Van Dillen rescued a woman from flood waters live on air while reporting on the impact of Hurricane Helene in Atlanta in the early hours of Friday morning.
In the dramatic footage , Van Dillen could be seen wading into chest-deep water to carry the woman, who was trapped in her car, to safety.
Van Dillen, who was reporting live at the time on “Fox and Friends,” said he leapt into action after hearing her cries for help.
“I took my wallet out of my pants, and I went in there, waded in, got chest deep,” Van Dillen later told “Fox and Friends” hosts Steve Doocy and Janice Dean.