More than 100 firefighters were deployed in the rescue effort after a 23-year-old man was swept away by fast-moving storm runoff.
A 23-year-old homeless man swept away by fast-moving storm runoff in the concrete-lined Pacoima Wash was rescued from the flood control channel Tuesday morning, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
The man, who was described as “hypothermic and not terribly communicative” after being rescued from 3-foot-deep water moving 8 to 10 mph, had been carried 2.5 miles from San Fernando to Pacoima, said Brian Humphreys, a spokesman for the LAFD. He fell into the water near Foothill Boulevard and was rescued near Laurel Canyon Boulevard.The man was hospitalized in “fair condition for treatment of hypothermia and abrasions to his hands,” according to the LAFD.‘A potentially significant and very likely warm atmospheric river event’ is set to hit California later this week, forecasters say. Bystanders did the right thing by alerting authorities and staying out of the dangerous water, Humphreys said, adding that “often times people attempt to rescue and they become victims.”
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