Man Sees Truck Stranded in Floodwaters, Saves Couple and 3 Dogs Before Water Can Sweep Them Away

On Saturday morning, Waverly, Tennessee, experienced significant flooding. Residents were trapped or displaced and many people lost all their earthly possessions, ruined by water.

Tyler Stanley and his mother set out Saturday morning to check on his daughter, who was apparently nearby, affected by the flood.

As the two ran along the train tracks, which were elevated above the floodwaters, they spotted a nearly submerged truck in the road-turned-river.

Trapped inside were Bonnie and Doug Whitfield, 71, and their three small dogs. Doug had been standing up through the sunroof of the truck, surveying the severity of their situation, when he spotted Stanley.

While the 32-year-old father was clearly concerned for his daughter, he couldn’t leave the seniors on their own in that precarious situation.

“They looked just terrified,” he told WKRN-TV.

The rising waters had covered the bed of the truck, and Whitfield said they were “moments” from being swept away altogether.

Using a rope he threw out to them, Stanley managed to bring Doug, Bonnie and their three pups to safety. The 👵Elderly couple had to climb through the sunroof to escape, and Stanley told them to hold onto the rope and go with the current and he’d pick them up.