Australian cameraman Glen Ellis left his abandoned equipment in the torrential rain of Hurricane Ian in Florida to rescue a family struggling to get out of the water alive.
Ellis, who works for Seven Network Australia, he was broadcasting the incidents live this Wednesday with reporter Tim Lester when he spotted the emergency.
Members of a family were trying to escape the flood in Naples when Ellis and Lester made a broadcast for 7NEWS.
The professional did not think twice to run to help the victims.
The camera on the ground captured Ellis running to rescue the residents and take them to safe ground.
“We are trying to help some people in the water here. That’s our camera operator, Glen, over there. I think they can see him trying to help people who are leaving their homes”, narrated the journalist.
“ We have spoken with some of them and they tell us that their houses are lost in the water“added the communicator.
Here you can see the video of the rescue
Ellis managed return behind the camera to finish the report.
“Great job, Glen!” Lester expressed.
The Naples Fire Rescue Department shared on its Facebook page several videos of rescues of people trapped in their homes due to flooding.
For its part, the County Sheriff’s Office Collier, which includes Naples, confirmed on the same social network late Wednesday that they had completed 30 missions of rescue in the east of the city.
“There is water everywhere. It will decrease. There will be damage. Tomorrow (today) we will have a better idea of the extent of the damage,” said Sheriff Kevin J. Rambosk.