HEMTT rescues family from roof in Kansas City.

[Flyingvan911]

Some of our local MV owners used a HEMTT to rescue a family stuck on their roof. We had a ton of rain last night on top of saturated soil from a number of large rains recently.

http://fox4kc.com/2017/08/22/overla...pets-flees-to-roof-waits-for-water-to-recede/

 

[bikeman]

Great they did it. Crap article.

Headline: FAMILY RESCUED BY MILITARY APV.

Article:
Fire Department said they weren't going to do the rescue.
Picture of APV (doesn't say what an APV is)
Here's where it is.
end of article.

What the ****? where's the **** info? What motivated the guys to drive out there. Were they just tooling around looking to rescue people? They're wearing matching shirts, why? I mean, COME ON....

 

[Flyingvan911]

The fire department said the family was "safely on their roof" so they wanted to let the swiftly moving flood waters go down some. That does kind of make sense. Apparently the waters around the house were calm but getting to them was another story. I am guessing they heard about it and went in a back way. I don't know who owns it or if they are a member of this site.

 

[MWMULES]

This is the same city, Overland Park that will not allow you to keep a military painted Jeep or other MV at your house!

 

[Flyingvan911]

Yep.

 

[USAFSS-ColdWarrior]

Applause!

 

[Recovry4x4]

This is the same city, Overland Park that will not allow you to keep a military painted Jeep or other MV at your house!

Irony! That's like having that nagging wife disrespecting your motorpool then begging for A/C power during a storm or pimping you out to move her girlfriend (or personal trainer/ pool boy).

 

[Gunzy]

I can't get the videos to do anything but black box and audio.

 

[Bulldogger]

I was hoping to see video of the HEMTT doing its thing! Too bad.
BDGR

 

[doghead]

[h=1]military style APV [/h]

 

[USAFSS-ColdWarrior]

military style APV

Please be gentle, DH, the media's "professional journalists" are no longer required to have a broad vocabulary nor to use concise verbiage in their editorialization of factual events.
Lord, have mercy on their itty-bitty souls.

 

[Flyingvan911]

I heard more details. The guys heard about the family on the radio and drove over and offered to help. It wasn't specifically said but I am guessing officials allowed them to drive through. They guys did say that the water was moving pretty fast and they were starting to doubt their choice. The truck held strong and came through smiling.

 

[Flyingvan911]

I just heard these guys are collecting donations then rolling south to help with the hurricane relief. Great guys. What a fuel bill!