A TV reporter in Florida found himself switching from broadcasting the hurricane to rescuing a woman trapped in her submerged car during a live report. He waded into chest-deep water, helped her out of the vehicle, and assured her help was on the way.
A TV reporter was doing a live hurricane report when he rescued a woman from a submerged carBy JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHERAssociated PressThe Associated PressHe says he has called 911, and she can be heard screaming as he tries to assure her that help is on the way. Then he says to the camera: “It’s a situation. We’ll get back to you in a little bit. I’m going to see if I can help this lady out a little bit more you guys.
“I took my wallet out of my pants, and I went in there, waded in, got chest deep,” Van Dillen said. “She was in there, she was still strapped into her car and the water was actually rising and getting up into the car itself, so she was about, almost neck deep submerged in her own car.”, director of journalism and media ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University, said this was an example of a reporter’s role intersecting with human responsibility.
It’s clear that while he had a professional obligation to report the news, “there’s also someone whose potential life is at risk,” Vincent said. “So I think the call he made is a human call.” Considering the rising waters and the woman’s cries for help, along with not knowing when help would arrive, “it’s a straightforward case of jumping in — a fellow citizen actually helping another,” Vincent said.U.S. Amb. to U.N.: There 'Might' Be Some Antisemites at the U.N.IDF on U.S. Ceasefire Calls: 'No One' Called for One Until We Fought BackIDF on U.S.
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