A team of firefighters tasked with rescuing people from floodwaters brought on by Hurricane Florence stopped in Orlando on Friday on their way home to South Florida.
First responders from Central Florida gave a hero's welcome to the roughly 80 men and women who braved floodwaters as high as treetops. They responded to a call in North Carolina involving a woman who was trapped in floodwaters.
"It was incredibly fast-moving water," said Capt. Nicholas Wohl, of Florida Task Force 2. "It was so dark you could actually hear the water almost before you could see it."
The water swept away the woman's 1-year-old son from her arms.
"They could hear the mother screaming ... and this was at night, which compounds the rescue efforts," said Chief David Fuenas, of Florida Task Force 2.