CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. — An 82-year-old woman was rescued by police officers in Michigan as her vehicle was swept away in flood waters on Saturday, according to reports.
The woman “was stranded in her vehicle after it was swept from Millar Road by flood waters,” Clinton Township Police Department said on Facebook. As responding officers arrived on scene, they found a blue vehicle “completely submerged and still sinking in the rising water.”
“After removing their duty gear, three officers swam to her vehicle and were able to pull her to safety before the vehicle became completely submerged. The woman was conscious and alert, but transported to an area hospital for observation,” police said.
“I was swallowing water when they got there,” Joy Alexander said to WXYZ-TV. “The police told my son-in-law that I had no more than a minute. … The puddle of water picked the car up, and it was like I was in an uncontrolled boat.”
The elderly woman expressed her gratitude in descriptive terms.
“It was like I had the arms of God around me,” she said of the police officers who saved her life.
Dashcam video showing the rescue: