A video has gone viral of a Fox Weather meteorologist saving a woman from a flood. 

The meteorologist to do so is Bob Van Dillen, Fox Weather reports.

This incident took place on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, during Hurricane Helene's onslaught.

.@BobVanDillen Fox News Weather Meteorologist, stops his live weather report to rescue a woman screaming for help after her car got swamped by a flash flood. #Hero #Helene #Atlanta pic.twitter.com/eeh2EBIE6Q

— Eddie (@Eddies_X) September 27, 2024

Here is what happened:

The above incident actually took place during one of Van Dillen's weather updates on Hurricane Helene.

The New York Post reports:

A hero Fox Weather meteorologist found himself at the center of his own story early Friday when he rescued a woman trapped in her car on live TV during Hurricane Helene. Bob Van Dillen was covering the deteriorating conditions around Atlanta — where millions of people braced for life-threatening flooding caused by Helene — when he heard a motorist crying out for help as the waters in Peachtree Creek continued to rise.

That is when he stopped his segment and proceeded to rescue the woman.

"The 6-foot-1 Van Dillen then sprang into action, grabbing the woman from her car and carrying him through chest-deep flood waters to safety as the cameras continued rolling," the Post reports.

Now, Van Dillen is being dubbed a "hero," and rightfully so.

In his own words

Since the incident, Van Dillen has given interviews describing what was going through his mind when he decided to stop his segment and rescue the woman.

"I know that we're swamped here with all of the 911 calls, because there are so many high-water rescues that we’ve already documented so far… [she] called 911 and, five minutes, 10 minutes, and you could hear screaming, right? You could hear through my live shot, real loud," he said.

Van Dillen continued, "That’s her car right there. So I just said, ‘You know what? I realize I’m with you guys on the air, but I can’t let it go."

And, he didn't. Van Dillen went on, saying:

So I just said, ‘You know what? I realize I’m with you guys on the air, but I can’t let it go. You know how it is. I was concerned that one, maybe there was a nice swift current, but the current really wasn’t that bad. But, the water temperature I was afraid of, too. The water temperature is probably about 80 [degrees]. So, all of those things were working pretty nicely, so, that being said, the water came up to about my chest. She was in there, she was still strapped into her car and the water was actually rising and getting up into the car itself, so she was about, almost neck deep submerged in her own car.

It appears highly likely that the woman would have drowned if not for Van Dillen.