Princeville fire chief loses wedding rin in flood waters
COULD TRY TO PUMP SOME OF OF
THE WATER OUT OF THE TOWN OF
PRUNESVILLE.
WE ARE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE
HEROIC ACTIONS OF SOME OF THE
FIRST RESPONDERS.
IN PRINCEVILLE ON SATURDAY,
THEY TOOK THE FIRE CHIEF, TIED
HIM UP WITH A ROPE, TIED HIM TO
A FIRE TRUCK AND LOW ARED HIM
DOWN SO HE COULD GET TO A WOMAN
WHO WAS TRAPPED IN A CAR IN THE
FLASH FLOOD.
THE ROPE EVEN LEFT A MARK ON
THE TRUCK BECAUSE THE
FIREFIGHTERS HAD TO FIGHT THE
CURRENT TO PULL THE CHIEF OUT
OF THE WATER.
FIREFIGHTERS TELL US, WHEN THE
CHIEF GOT TO THE WOMAN, THE
STAR STARTED MOVING AND HE
DISAPPEARED IN THE WATER FOR
MORE THAN A MINUTE.
THEY COULDN'T SEE HIM.
FIREFIGHTERS DROVE THE TRUCK IN
THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION TO PULL
HIM TO SAFETY.
THOSE INVOLVED ARE GRATEFUL
THAT EVERYONE GOT OUT SAFELY.
THE CHIEF NOTES NOT EVERYTHING
MADE IT BACK OUT OF THE WATER.
>> I LOST MY WEDDING RING IN
THE SCUFFLE IN THE WATER.
>> AS SOON AS WE CAN GET TO A
STORE.
KIND OF FLOODED IN RIGHT NOW.
>> Reporter: SO THAT NIGHT, HIS
WIFE, BONNIE POWELL, WHO IS
ALSO IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, SHE
WAS LISTENING TO ALL THIS ON
THE SCANNER.
SHE HEARD IT ON THE RADIO AS IT
WAS TAKING PLACE.
SHE SAID SHE IS JUST SO GLAD
THAT EVERYTHING IS OKAY.
THE WOMAN WHO WAS SWEPT AWAY IN
THE CURRENT, SHE IS OKAY TOO.
SHE WAS RESCUED BY THE ROCKY
MOUNT FIRE DEPARTMENT.
SO GREAT JOB BY ALL INVOLVED
THERE.
A WEDDING RING CAN BE REPLACED.