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'He is an angel': FOX photojournalist makes heroic water rescue in Alabama

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Estimated rain totals for Alabama. (FOX Weather)The flooding was caused by slow-moving storms that continued to move over the same areas – a process known as training.Parker was headed to another water rescue scene initially, but he could not get there because floodwaters greeted him in every direction he turned.He then came upon a scene on University Boulevard near St.

Vincent’s Hospital, where he noticed four cars underwater."As I was shooting video, I saw a lady still in one of the vehicles," Parker said.Parker said he saw her trying to get out but too terrified to attempt to flee.FOX 6 photographer Vincent Parker saved a woman from high floodwaters in Birmingham, Alabama, as forecasters warned of "life-threatening" flash flooding in the area. (WBRCNews via FOX Weather)"So I just put my rain boots on and got to trudging through the water and went to get her out of the vehicle," Parker said.With adrenaline racing, he was still cautious slogging through the water because her car was next to a light pole."I didn’t know if her car hit the light pole.

I didn’t know if it was maybe some electricity going on under there. So I gingerly walked to her vehicle and got her attention and let her know that I was coming to help her get out," Parker said.Both Parker and the woman he rescued are doing OK.Sarah Phillips, who works at St.

Vincent’s Hospital, witnessed the water rescue from outside her patient’s room."How precious of him to do that! Had me in tears," Phillips told FOX 6. "How cool his name is Vincent!

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