'WE MIGHT DIE'
Omaha flash flooding – Terrifying moment floodwater rises to neck level in elevator as group is trapped inside
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Luu and his two friends wanted to see what was happening with the flooding outside his apartment, so they got into a building elevator and pressed down, reported.
They got into the elevator around 10pm, according to , and the situation quickly took a turn for the worse.
"Water started coming in through the vents and then I just thought it was going to come up to my ankles," Luu told KCCI.
He told ABC13, “Once it got to my stomach, we kind of figured, 'Ok, this is real.'"
Luu then called 911 and his roommates for help.
"I was like, 'Hey, you need to come down. I could be dying right now," he said.
In a video of the incident, his friend was recorded saying, "OK, can you please just hurry?"
Luu told KCCI before could even make it to the location, his roommates on one side of the elevator worked with him inside to open the door.
At that point, he was standing on the elevator's railing.
"Once I got down to try and open the door then it was up to my neck, yeah, it got pretty high," he said.
“We just got it open and started swimming out and once I got out I just couldn't believe like wow this is something you see in a movie."
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No one in the elevator was hurt in the terrifying incident.
ABC13 reported that about 3 to 5 inches of rain fell in on Saturday, according to meteorologists.
One other rescue was reported after two people became stranded on the roof of their car as the floodwaters rose, the outlet noted.
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