Marine rescued a woman who couldn't swim from flooded van

Marine Recounts Rescuing Woman From Flooded Van
NBC San Diego
By Bridget Naso
December 5, 2014

With only minutes to spare, a brave Marine rescued a woman who can’t swim from her van rapidly filling with flood water.

Lance Corporal Jason Martin, a police officer at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, had walked outside Gate 4 early Wednesday morning to check the area when he spotted a van trapped by rising water.

Heavy rains and flooding had trapped the vehicle as it drove through an underpass outside the gate.

“The van was submerged, pretty much submerged underwater,” Martin said in an exclusive interview with NBC 7.
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