Austrailian TV reporter saves man from drowning moments before truck sinks in floodwater

Tertius Pickard

Posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 5:13 pm

Chris Franklin (via syracuse.com)

Floodwaters continue to flow down the Brisbane river in Brisbane, Australia, Wednesday, March 2, 2022. Tens of thousands of people had been ordered to evacuate their homes and many more had been told to prepare to flee as parts of Australia's southeast coast are inundated by the worst flooding in decades. (AP Photo/Tertius Pickard)

A TV reporter covering flooding in Australia became part of the story Thursday when he swam out with a bystander to rescue a driver from a sinking vehicle.

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