{"id":20840,"date":"2015-11-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/man-records-on-phone-the-moment-he-nearly-drowns\/"},"modified":"2015-11-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-11-02T00:00:00","slug":"man-records-on-phone-the-moment-he-nearly-drowns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/man-records-on-phone-the-moment-he-nearly-drowns\/","title":{"rendered":"Man records on his phone the moment he nearly drowns"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>\u201cYou can see I\u2019m floating down some sort of creek in the middle of this weather. I\u2019ve called 911.\u201d<\/h3>\n<h3>A Texas resident has calmly recorded the moments his car was swept away in floodwaters.<\/h3>\n<p>Before explaining that emergency services have told him to roll down the windows and wait for them to find him, the driver reveals his car had \u201calmost tipped over on its top\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"1066\" width=\"667\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/up-tree.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Eventually his car completely submerges and he is forced to scramble up a nearby tree he was lucky enough to be passing by.<\/h3>\n<h3>WATCH HERE:<\/h3>\n<script>(function(d, s, id) {  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3\";  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/viralhog\/videos\/1632360743699924\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/viralhog\/videos\/1632360743699924\/\"><\/a><p>Former boy scout Kerry Parker was stuck in a tree for over four hours after nearly drowning in his car during a flood in Austin, Texas.<\/p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/viralhog\/\">ViralHog<\/a> on Saturday, October 31, 2015<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/rowey-bicks\/one-problem-andrew-fagan-wants-every-year\">THE PROBLEM CROWS CEO ANDREW FAGAN WANTS EVERY YEAR<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/videos\/standup-wheelie-goes-wrong-at-more-than-160-km-h\">STANDUP WHEELIE GOES HORRIBLY WRONG AT MORE THAN 160KM\/H<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cYou can see I\u2019m floating down some sort of creek in the middle of this weather. 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