Overview
- Nicole Fox and her roommate Felicia woke around 3 a.m. Friday to find their Costa Mesa, California street inundated.
- Their footage captured a car entering deep water, floating and spinning as an elderly driver climbed out and asked for help.
- Fox called 911 while Felicia guided the man through the water, lifted him over a curb to safety, and later drove him home.
- The City of Mesa said fire crews arrived to find the rescue already completed and reported that the driver did not need medical aid.
- Video also shows firefighters breaking car windows to check submerged vehicles, which were empty, as outlets monitored storm systems that could delay Thanksgiving travel in Texas and the Southeast.