Omaha flash flooding – Terrifying moment floodwater rises to neck level in elevator as group is trapped inside
FLASH flooding led to a nightmare situation for one man and his friends on Saturday night who got trapped inside a water-filled elevator.
Tony Luu posted a video on Instagram of himself and some companions standing up to their necks in water inside an elevator due to floodwaters in Omaha, Nebraska.
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.'"
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."
No one in the elevator was hurt in the terrifying incident.
One other rescue was reported after two people became stranded on the roof of their car as the floodwaters rose, the outlet noted.