VIDEO: An elderly man has been hospitalized after being rescued from a Fullerton flood channel. Video shows the man trapped in the channel in the 100 block of South Cornell Avenue around 10:30 p.m. Sunday. The man broke both ankles during the incident, according to the Fullerton Fire Captain Brian Seymour. A witness told first responders that the man had fallen into the channel. Rescuers successfully conducted a dangerous swift-water rescue to save the man, slowly pulling him up a ladder to safety. The unidentified man was taken to a local hospital for evaluation and treatment. His condition was not immediately released. Fire crews said they were shocked to get a swift-water rescue call this time of year. Heavy downpours slammed Southern California over the weekend in a rare May rainstorm.