As rains and floods swirled in Sacramento County, firefighting crews in El Grove used a boat to rescue a disabled man and his wife out of their home after it became completely surrounded by rain water.
The boat on Monday had to make several trips through at least four to five feet of standing water to rescue the couple and move the man's hospital bed and wheelchair.
Dan Achondo lives next door to his mother and father-in-law, and said he was doing his best to pump out the water himself. He was grateful for the professional hlep. With another storm expected onThis couple was lucky,Offers from FOX Television stations and our advertisers
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