White Settlement police rescue family from floodwaters using jumper cables

9 articles · Updated · Fox News · Apr 30

The late-night April 25 rescue in North Texas saved a mother and three small children after Sgt John Banner found their vehicle stuck in rushing water near a creek.
Officer Christopher Wiseman fetched jumper cables to form a makeshift harness as firefighters later attached a line and pulled the vehicle back onto the road; nobody was injured.
Police said crews handled several storm emergencies that night and will now equip patrol vehicles with water rescue throw bags to improve future flash-flood responses.

A family was rescued from a flooded street. Could better urban planning have prevented the disaster entirely?

Jumper cables were used for a water rescue. Why must first responders still improvise when advanced safety tools already exist?

Police now have rescue bags. What other low-cost tools are overlooked in the push for expensive public safety AI?