‘Thank You, Jesus!’ Video Shows Deputy, Citizen Sucked Into Drainage Pipe in Raging Flood Waters

A sheriff’s deputy and a citizen were sucked into a drainage pipe Friday, barely escaping with their lives, Florida law enforcement officials reported.

“David, can you believe what just happened to us? Just breathe. Just breathe,” Escambia County sheriff’s deputy William Hollingsworth said after he and a citizen identified only as “David” emerged from a drainage pipe about 100 yards from where they had been sucked into it.

“Oh, thank you Jesus! I thought I was dying,” David said in the video.

“When I came out, you were right behind me,” David also said, recounting the terrifying incident to other first responders at the scene.

“Me and you man,” David said, as the two clasped hands. “That’s an experience for life. I appreciate you, brother.”