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Posted: 2024-09-27T16:44:15Z | Updated: 2024-09-27T16:44:15Z

Fox Weathers Bob Van Dillen stopped reporting and started rescuing in Atlanta on Friday, when a woman cried for help as rising floodwaters from Hurricane Helene stranded her in her car. (Watch the video below.)

Van Dillen at first tried to reassure the woman that hed called 911 and help was on the way, but the situation escalated and he excused himself from the segment.

Im gonna go see if I can help this lady out a little bit more, he said. Ill be back.

As the camera kept rolling, Van Dillen could be seen helping the woman out of her vehicle and carrying her on his back in high water to a point where they could both wade out of trouble.

That guy is a hero, one of the Fox & Friends morning hosts said.

Van Dillen explained to the Fox News morning show how he talked the woman through the car escape and helped her secure her personal items. Shes fine, he said, noting that the woman was initially cold and shivering but was able to warm up in his car. She was in shock.

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HEROIC RESCUE: @foxweather meteorologist rushes to save a woman from rising floodwaters as deadly Helene slams Southeast. pic.twitter.com/Nv9tvtFJoF

Fox News (@FoxNews) September 27, 2024

His act of valor led to a happy reunion.

Her husband picked her up, and shes all good, Van Dillen said, per Fox 5 in Atlanta. But the story now turns not on me, but it turns to how much flooding weve seen. I mean... amazing amounts coming in.

Helene made landfall in northern Florida Thursday night as a Category 4 hurricane, and has since been downgraded to a tropical storm. More than 4 million homes in its path were without power as of Friday morning, The Associated Press reported . At least 10 people have died.

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