Two teenagers rescue neighbours from flooding in Florida using paddleboard and kayak
Lucas and Jonah Marshall used improvised vessels to save a mother, her son, and three dogs after emergency services could not reach them.
Two teenagers rescued a mother and her son from a flooded home in Palm Bay, Florida, using an inflatable paddleboard and a borrowed kayak, according to the Times of India.
The rescue was initiated after Brittany Grant, who was trapped in her home with her 11-year-old son, Nikoa, posted a plea for help on Facebook because emergency services could not reach them.
Neighbour Stephanie Fanguy saw the message and sent her sons, 17-year-old Lucas Marshall and 15-year-old Jonah Marshall, to assist.
The brothers reached the house and helped the boy out through a kitchen window before bringing Grant, her son, and three dogs to safety.
Lucas Marshall reportedly spoke to the boy to keep him calm during the process, while the rescue of the three dogs proved challenging as one dog took up half the paddleboard.
Grant said the community came together to save them and added that she did not know how they would have gotten out otherwise.
Jonah Marshall said they went to help because the neighbours were in trouble and in danger.