One of the worst flooding incidents in Kentucky’s history was brought on by torrential rain in eastern Kentucky, which resulted in fatal flash floods.
Chloe Adams, 17, who awoke to find her home submerged in water, saw the terror firsthand. She panicked and attempted to contact for assistance before realizing she needed to devise a strategy to save both herself and her dog, who had been at her side since she was a young child.
As the water began to enter the home, Chloe knew she needed to swim to higher ground and wait for help to arrive. However, she was worried about Sandy and tested to see if she could swim.
“I put Sandy in the water momentarily to see if she could swim. But she couldn’t, so I scooped her up and went back inside, wading through the waist deep water to try to locate something that she could float to put her on,” Chloe told CNN.
She found a plastic bin in her closet and used that along with a couch cushion to keep her loyal companion afloat. She then swam with all her might against the cold rushing water to a nearby garage rooftop.
“I knew the dangers of trying to swim in deep and moving water, but I felt I had no choice,” she said.
Once she reached the peak of the roof, which was barely above water, she took Sandy in her arms and waited five hours through several more downpours before her cousin arrived to rescue her.
“My daughter is safe and whole tonight. She saved her dog by putting her in a container that would float and then swam with her to a neighboring rooftop. She waited hours until she could be rescued. She is a hero. I love you Chloe. You are simply amazing. Thank you Larry; words are not enough. We lost everything today…everything except what matters most,” he wrote.
Source: The Animal Rescue Site
