‘Collier County Cowboys’ recall dramatic rescue of elderly man from flooded car on ‘Fox & Friends’

A gaggle of Good Samaritans referred to as the “Collier County Cowboys” saved an aged man from his automobile simply earlier than it was submerged by floodwaters from Hurricane Ian.

Lemi Gavra and Benny Cociuba joined “Fox & Pals” host Pete Hegseth Friday to element the dramatic rescue in Bonita Springs.

“He perhaps had a couple of minutes. He was an older gentleman. He could not push the door open. It took us about 10 minutes, and we had been in a position to get to him earlier than it was too late,” mentioned Gavra.

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Within the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, Florida communities wish to rebuild from the Class 4 storm which unleashed a life-threatening storm surge wind.

Gavra and Cociuba had been out through the storm, desirous to get a glimpse of Ian’s affect on their group.

“We seen that nobody was on the market overlaying it. So we went all the best way to the seashore and we seen that the surge and hurricane was selecting up fairly a bit.”

Whereas out, they seen the aged man struggling to get out of his automobile which was caught up in fast-rising floodwaters.

Since officers had warned the group to remain inside, the Cowboys determined to step in.

“We began to make our manner again. And that is once we noticed this gentleman in misery,” Gavra mentioned. “So, everybody’s received a guardian angel. I feel we had been that for him.”

The group additionally saved one other man in his dwelling.

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“I do not assume anybody thought this hurricane was going to hit like this,” Gavra mentioned, explaining that preliminary forecasts confirmed the storm monitoring additional north.

“As you possibly can see from the footage simply now coming, it received fairly dangerous.”