Two men were rescued from a car that became submerged in water during severe storms in Marshall County.
Officials with the Chapel Hill Police Department said they responded to the scene around 11:19 a.m. Wednesday.
Two elderly brothers from out of town drove directly into a pool of water caused by the flash flood.
Officer John Compton was at the scene within minutes and jumped into the water.
"To be honest with you I wasn't thinking. All I was focused on was saving those people," said Compton.
Chapel Hill Water Department employee Jon Helmick was right behind him. Yet, the water was rising and had already reached the windows of the car.
"John tried knocking the window out and it didn't happen. He hit and hit and it then we opened the back door and all the water rushed in on them. Then we shut it and he went to the passenger side and that's where he started pulling them out. He grabbed one, I grabbed the other one," said Helmick. "It wasn't what, 30 seconds after we got them out that the whole car was gone. All you could see was the roof. That's how fast it come up on us."
The vehicle became completely submerged after the two men were pulled from inside.
The brothers, one of which suffers from dementia, were taken to a hospital in Marshall County for treatment. They're expected to be ok.
For their immediate action, Compton and Helmick have been considered heroes.
"John's the hero. I ain't no hero. Man puts that badge on every day in uniform is a hero, I'm not," said Helmick. "Well, I have the same mentality," Compton said.
After the incident, police used reminded drivers turn around and never attempt to drive through standing water on roadways.
