Floodwaters kill man and woman in Spring Hope
I'LL SHOW YOU HOW MUCH RAIN
WE COULD SEE FOR THE DAY
TOMORROW. MIKE, THANK YOU SO
MUCH. WE NOW KNOW THE NAMES
OF THE PEOPLE KILLED AFTER THEY
WERE WASHED AWAY IN THE FLOOD
WATERS TODAY IN SPRING. HOPE
THEY ARE. 55 YEAR-OLD RAYMOND
AND OR PETE EVANS. AND 24
YEAR-OLD LOTTIE ALSTON FROM
LEWISBURG HAPPENED HERE IN
SPRING HOPE ON HIGHWAY 5.81, A
POLICE OFFICER ALSO SHARING
TONIGHT, HIS STORY OF JUMPING
INTO THAT RUSHING WATER TO TRY
AND SAVE HIM WRAL'S HIGH KIRK.
HE'S BEEN ON THE SCENE ALL
NIGHT AND JOINS US LIVE.
HEIDI.
>> TRULY HEARTBREAKING MOMENT
FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
>> AND IT IS AND IT'S HARD TO
BELIEVE THAT RIGHT HERE WHERE
WE'RE STANDING IS WHERE THOSE
FLOOD WATERS BEGAN TO RISE AND
EVENTUALLY SWEPT IN THAT CAR
RIGHT HERE BEHIND ME INTO THIS
RAVINE AND NOW SITTING RIGHT IN
ITS PLACE. YOU'LL SEE HERE
FLOWERS LAYING ON THE GROUND
TO REMEMBER THOSE LIVES LOST.
>> TONIGHT, THE FLOOD WATERS
HAVE GONE DOWN THE EMERGENCY
CREWS CLEARED OUT. BUT WHAT
HAPPENED HERE WILL STICK WITH
SO MANY. THIS WHOLE STREET WAS
LINED WITH POLICE OFFICERS,
EMS, THE BIG BUZZ TO PEOPLE
LOST THEIR LIVES HERE IN THE
FLOOD WATER SWEPT OFF THE ROAD
INTO THIS RAVINE SPENDING THEIR
LAST MOMENTS CLINGING TO
THEIR CAR. THAT WAS A SECOND
OFFICER ON SCENE WITH SPRING A
POLICE DEPARTMENT. LIEUTENANT
JASON LEARY TRIED TO SAVE THEM.
I WAS GOING IN FOR A EXTENSION
LADDER FOR A FIRE TO RESPOND.
>> TO GET TO THE PEOPLE WERE
GONE IN THE STATE. STILL, YOUR
FINAL KNOW, MOVED.
>> THE TURNAROUND. MY OFFICERS
TOLD ME SHE'S IN THE WATER.
AND WHEN I TURNED AROUND TO
LOOK, I SAW HER PARTIALLY
SUBMERGED. THIS IS ABOUT 25
FEET AWAY FROM ME.
I THOUGHT THAT I CAN MAKE A
DIFFERENCE ARE AND DO THAN TRY
TO GRAB OR THE WATER WAS MOVING
EXTREMELY FAST. IT WAS THE THAT
I HAD.
I NEVER GOT TO WHERE SHE WON
OUT OVER.
>> LIEUTENANT LARRY PUTTING HIS
OWN LIFE IN DANGER. SHE HAD AN
ARM OF THE WATER AT A GRABBER
AND THEN WHEN SHE SUMMERS, I
WENT ON TO WORK AS WELL.
TRYING TO REACH FOR. THERE WAS
SO MUCH DEBRIS SO MUCH FALLEN
TREES.
>> BUSH'S THINGS FLOATING.
THERE WAS A TREE THAT WAS
COMPLETELY UNDERWATER HORRORS.
ALL THAT YOU COULDN'T SEE THAT
THAT I GOT THE. TATA OF INDIA
OVER IT.
HONESTLY, I WASN'T THINKING
ANYTHING JUST TRYING TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE. THE NASH COUNTY
SHERIFF SHARING A CLEAR MESSAGE
TONIGHT. IF YOU SEE THAT
THEY'RE SWORE GOING ACROSS THE
ROAD, IF YOU CANNOT SEE THAT
FOG LINE.
>> IF YOU CANNOT SEE THE YELLOW
LINE TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN.
2 LIVES LOST. A SOMBER REMINDER
OF HOW POWERFUL THIS WATER CAN
BE.
>> THOSE FLOWERS ARE JUST SUCH
A SIMPLE REMINDER OF THE
VICTIMS OF THIS FLOOD. NOW,
I'LL TELL YOU THIS, DAN, WHEN
WE WERE HERE EARLIER TONIGHT,
WE ACTUALLY RAN INTO SOME
FAMILY MEMBERS OF PETE EVANS
AND THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WAS
HIS STEP DAUGHTER WHO WAS ALSO
SWEPT AWAY WITH HIM. THEY SAY
THAT IN THAT MOMENT THEY WERE
JUST PRAYING FOR BOTH OF THEM
AND TONIGHT WE'RE PRAYING FOR
THAT ENTIRE FAMILY, HEIDI KIRK,
WRAL, NEWS IN SPRING HOPE.
THANK YOU, HEIDI. WE WANT TO
TAKE A MOMENT AND FOCUS ON THAT
PHRASE THAT YOU HEARD FROM
SHERIFF STONE.
>> WE SAY IT OFTEN HEAR ON THE
NEWS. TURN AROUND. DON'T DROWN
THE OUT ANIMATION. THE SEE
BEHIND ME HERE SHOWS WHAT CAN
HAPPEN IF YOU DO DRIVE THROUGH
A FLOODED ROAD ONCE YOUR TIRES
LOOSE CONTACT WITH THE ROAD,
REALLY ALL BETS ARE OFF.
YOU LOSE CONTROL OF THE
VEHICLE. AND I CAN ONLY TAKE A
FEW INCHES OF WATER. SO ALWAYS