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WATCH: Dramatic video shows drone dropping life jacket to man stranded on a vehicle in floodwaters
Updated: 9:32 PM EST Dec 12, 2025
The state of Washington saw intense flooding this week as a powerful atmospheric river brought massive amounts of rain to western portions of the state, dumping the rain over several days and causing rivers to swell to dangerous levels.The severe weather prompted evacuations and dramatic rescues, some of which were caught on camera.In King County, the county sheriff’s office shared video of a deputy using a drone to give a life jacket to a man who was stuck on a car’s roof as Snoqualmie River floodwaters rose.A second video released by the King County Sheriff’s Office shows the eventual rescue of the man via a helicopter from NAS Whidbey Island.King County Sheriff’s Office Communications Manager Brandyn Hull said this was the first time that drone pilots had ever delivered a life jacket to a person, according to CNN.In a Facebook post, the sheriff’s office commended the deputy for using modern technology to save a life.”Another case of a deputy going above and beyond,” the sheriff’s office said in posting the social media post. See video of the drone dropping the life jacket in the player above.__CNN contributed to this report.
The state of Washington saw intense flooding this week as a powerful atmospheric river brought massive amounts of rain to western portions of the state, dumping the rain over several days and causing rivers to swell to dangerous levels.
The severe weather prompted evacuations and dramatic rescues, some of which were caught on camera.
In King County, the county sheriff’s office shared video of a deputy using a drone to give a life jacket to a man who was stuck on a car’s roof as Snoqualmie River floodwaters rose.
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King County Sheriff’s Office Communications Manager Brandyn Hull said this was the first time that drone pilots had ever delivered a life jacket to a person, according to CNN.
In a Facebook post, the sheriff’s office commended the deputy for using modern technology to save a life.
“Another case of a deputy going above and beyond,” the sheriff’s office said in posting the social media post.
See video of the drone dropping the life jacket in the player above.
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CNN contributed to this report.
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