It was a night no one in Somerset County will ever forget.
On Sept. 1 Hurricane Ida walloped Somerset County with record-breaking rains, resulting in unprecedented flooding, property damage and lost lives.
But it could have been worse. Thanks to the courage and heroism of first responders who responded by car, truck, boat, helicopter, high water rescue vehicle and swimming in debris-filled water, countless lives were saved.
They were, as one of the rescued people said, "angels."
Green Brook volunteer firefighters rescued more than a dozen drivers in flood waters along Route 22.
Ten New Jersey State Police troopers used two helicopters to rescue people throughout the county.
A Hillsborough police officer helped a Montgomery police officer rescue his wife trapped on the roof of her submerged vehicle.