Incredible video footage shows a house in Oxford, Connecticut get washed away by floodwater.
OXFORD, Conn. -- Incredible video captured the moment a house in Oxford collapsed on Sunday after its foundation was washed away by floodwater.CBS News New York spoke with the owner on Tuesday.'As long as I have him and he has me, what else can I say? We'll rebuild,' Randi Marcucio said.Marcucio said she adored living above the five mile brook, a favorite spot for son, Rhylee, to play. That is until Sunday's storm turned the brook into an unstoppable wave of water.
The heroism of the Beacon Hose CompanyAt the Brookside Inn, flooding damage totals in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, but you can't put a price on the heroism displayed there on Sunday. Volunteer firefighters from the Beacon Hose Company used a tower ladder to help rescue people stranded at the inn, as water rushed furiously below.'They helped us get down. They were like are you guys, okay? They were great, knew what they were doing,' waitress Emma Lugo said.
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