Not a lot of mainstream news has been made about the latest disastrous flooding that hit parts of Tennessee, but a video from the scene is going viral for all the right reasons.
Flash flooding took the people of Chattanooga, TN, by surprise on Tuesday and resulted in four known deaths.
Historic flooding has turned deadly in the Chattanooga area after more than 6 inches of rain fell Tuesday evening causing extensive flooding. A flood watch remains in effect through Wednesday evening.#TNwx pic.twitter.com/Lag0aDvpeN
— WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) August 14, 2025
Footage of vehicles being swept away, and houses surrounded by water, began to circulate on X, showing the destruction:
#BREAKING #USA #TENNESSEE #TN
It looks terribleTENNESSEE : CATASTROPHIC FLASH FLOODING IN Chattanooga
Multiple vehicles submerged/trapped..#Ultimahora #Flooding #Inundación #Inondation #EEUU pic.twitter.com/t3RrBjcAmg
— LW World News (@LW_WorldNews) August 13, 2025
@WeatherNation @weatherchannel @NBCNews @foxweather @Storyful #Chattanooga #ChaWx Seven inches of rain within two hours …largest single day record since 1879. Hundreds of flooded cars & homes. pic.twitter.com/MEyyPrNoC5
— Wendy King (@TennWen) August 13, 2025
But a clip of a man breaking a window to rescue a woman trapped in her car was a bright spot among the viral footage.
Matt Van Swol reported that Troy Plemons, 22, jumped out of his work truck to save the woman just in the nick of time.
“The car vanished under the water 60 seconds later. HERO!!!” Van Swol declared.
This is 22 year old Troy Plemons.
During the flash flooding in Chattanooga TN, he jumped out of his utility truck and swam through 8 feet of floodwaters to rescue a woman trapped in her car.
The car vanished under the water 60 seconds later.
HERO!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/UddN5VPxM5
— Matt Van Swol (@matt_vanswol) August 15, 2025
Plenty of X users agreed:
A beautiful thing, & a hero indeed. I live in AZ, but I still carry an emergency flash light that has a glass breaking tip should I ever need it to get out of my car. I highly recommend them.
— Vivienne Coe (@Audrakat) August 15, 2025
Need more young men like this!
— Linda Yaccarino (@lindayaX) August 15, 2025
Courage to do the right thing in service to another human being.
Troy Plemons, Respect.
— S Max Brown (@smaxbrown) August 15, 2025
Respect!
Must be the toxic masculinity the feminists and leftists complain about.
— Richie (@richie_evans1) August 15, 2025
Wow. What an heroic act.
Gotta love mankind like this.— Badbird28 (@badbirdGurl) August 15, 2025
I need more of this in my timeline. Good people doing amazing things. Hero.
— Mental Dex (@Mental_Dex) August 15, 2025
GOD BLESS THIS HERO!!!
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) August 15, 2025
Indeed.
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