Heavy rain fell during the evening rush on Wednesday night, causing flash floods across parts of downtown and midtown Atlanta.
Rescue after rescue was caught on camera as drivers floated in floodwaters on interstates and side streets. At one point, the downtown connector was underwater, bringing the evening commute to a halt and trapping a driver in the middle of the floodwaters.
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That driver ended up climbing on the roof of her car until help could get to her. That help turned out to be a man sitting in his car on the other side of the interstate.
“The car was also floating down the street, down the highway,” George Brathwaite told Channel 2’s Courtney Francisco. “My wife was like, ‘Go get her! Go get her!”
So, he did.
Treading lightly in murky water, George made it to her and carried her to safety on his back.
“I’m a veteran. I did my time in Iraq. It’s fight or flight,” he said.
Minutes later, a Georgia Department of Transportation worker walked through the flood and cleared a blocked drain, and the water started to recede.
Troopers then showed up to help the couple who saved the driver.
“She was terrified. She was shaking and everything,” Chyna Brathwaite said.
Once the water sank and traffic flowed again…
“It looked really, really crazy in that moment,” George Brathwaite said.