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.