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Florida Teen Helps Rescue Drivers Trapped by Sudden Boca Raton Flash Flood

Local interviews recount a bystander rescue that pulled people from flooded cars at Mizner Park.

Overview

  • Eighteen-year-old Thomas Ruzzano told local outlets he helped multiple motorists after flash flooding hit the Mizner Park movie theater area on Sunday, Nov. 2.
  • Ruzzano said he went car to car and assisted probably six or seven people who were stranded as water rapidly rose.
  • He estimated the parking garage had about two feet of water, while WPTV reported the storm dropped roughly eight inches of rain in the city.
  • Ruzzano and others freed an elderly man stuck by his seatbelt with water up to his shoulders and escorted him to a nearby restaurant to ensure he was safe.
  • Current coverage is based on eyewitness interviews and social media posts, with no official emergency report or injury list cited.