Wolfe County Search and Rescue Chief John May shared stories of saving people from the Kentucky flash floods that killed at least 37 people on 'Your World.'
Wolfe County Search and Rescue Chief John May recalls his experiences saving victims of the Kentucky mass flooding that killed at least 37 people on 'Your World.
A young couple in Squabble Creek, Kentucky, near Buckhorn, removes items damaged by water from their home following historic flooding in Eastern Kentucky.Mud is seen inside a water-damaged car in the aftermath of historic flooding in Eastern Kentucky near Jackson, Kentucky.Search and Rescue units in Kentucky look around Troublesome Creek for multiple people still missing after flooding swept through the area.
The rescuers prepared to use a chainsaw to cut through the roof but could not do so because the roof was made of tin. Nor could they evacuate the family through a vent at the top of the house because of an elderly woman's age and a disability.KENTUCKY FLOODING DEATH TOLL REACHES 37 AS DANGEROUS HEAT FORECAST
"And then we had them come down one at a time in about chest-deep water, and we would pull them into our boat and then take them up to the front of the house and offload them on to the actual roof. And they would climb up the roof to where the Guardsmen [were] stationed at, and they would do the hoist operation from that location."
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