By Jay Socol, Public Communications Director
On May 26, torrential rainfall caused widespread flooding that required College Station Fire Department’s swift-water rescue team to be called into action. Among their missions was to save a law enforcement officer whose patrol car had been swept off a roadway and down a creek.
Our podcast guest, Lt. Chad Phillips, describes the challenges he and his team faced in reaching this stranded officer — clinging to a tree for more than two hours — while rain was falling, floodwaters were rushing and rising, and darkness was upon them.
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About the Author
Jay Socol (@jaysocol) is in his seventh year as College Station’s public communications director. A 1991 graduate of Texas A&M. Jay has also been communications director for the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service, public information officer for the City of Bryan, and news director at several Bryan-College Station area radio stations. He’s a native of Breckenridge.
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