Heroic TV reporter, bystander rescue man trapped inside vehicle quickly sinking in floodwaters

An Australian TV reporter and a nearby bystander heroically swam through rising floodwaters to rescue a man trapped in his sinking car — and the remarkable feat was caught on camera.Will Murray was reporting on heavy rainfall that blanked much of the Brisbane region on Thursday when a man plowed his four-wheel-drive truck through floodwaters in Morayfield, Queensland, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported. Murray, who works for the ABC, said the man’s truck stalled and started to sink in the surge of water that rose after over six inches of rain fell that morning.“I saw him drive in and immediately his car started floating downstream,” Murray recounted to the ABC, noting he quickly dialed emergency services.“Initially I could see him, but he disappeared from my sight within seconds, so I made the call to jump in,” he said. Bystander Daniel Hainey had a similar thought process when he noticed the dangerous situation unfolding.“The car began to slowly sink deeper and deeper, and that’s when I thought, ‘Oh no, this is not looking good’, so I started swimming in there,” Hainey told the news station.Murray said he quickly handed his phone to his camera operator, Liz Pickering, and immediately started to swim through the “deep” waters alongside Hainey.“When we got to the car we tried to open the closest door, no luck, then got on the back of the car with the thought to break the back window,” Murray said.“I thought to try the passenger side rear door first and put my feet against the car and pulled as hard as I could and with some luck the door swung open.”The reporter speculated that water flooding in “helped create some pressure to force the door open,” allowing the driver to be pulled from the truck moments before it disappeared beneath the surface.“All three of us gave each other a big hug and were just so relieved,” Murray recalled.“It was very scary, but happy everyone is safe and relieved it is OK.”M...