Alan and the other guy were able to climb up but I couldn't. 'As we were forced through the water we came to a tree. 'Alan and I and another guy grabbed onto a canoe that was attached to the motorboat,' Connellan said. The journalists along with one other man were rescued Tuesday morning at around 11:30 a.m. The accident happened about 10 minutes after the motorboat left on its mission at 3 p.m. Some can be seen above in a Facebook Live video prior to the accident The journalists along with one other man were rescued Tuesday morning at around 11:45 a.m.įour of the men haven't been seen since Monday when their boat was electrocuted by power lines in Houston. We began to suffer from frostbite in our fingers and toes as it got colder during the night and we had to remove our waterlogged clothes. There was heavy rain on us all night and I was trying to catch drops in my mouth to get some water. It was horrible.'īutterfield, also speaking from his hospital bed, said: ‘The water smelled putrid, - like stagnant sewage, mixed with everything else.
'We were trying to get to people who were stranded but the boat lost control and went into the power lines.
'We were hanging on for dear life,' Connellan said from his hospital bed where he is recovering from burns and other injuries. Two volunteer rescuers are dead and two are missing after their motorboat was electrocuted in Houston's Normandy neighborhood on Monday afternoon Senior reporter Alan Butterfield and photojournalist Ruaridh Connellan were swept away into the swollen and fast moving Greens Bayou and desperately clung to branches and trees as they fought the current for 18 hours waiting to be rescued. Two journalists narrowly escaped with their lives Tuesday as the boat they were traveling on with volunteer rescuers in the churning waters of flooded Houston was electrocuted by submerged power lines.
A fifth volunteer and two journalists Alan Butterfield and Ruaridh Connellan were found on Tuesday morning.They were trying to save an elderly woman trapped by Hurricane Harvey flood waters.Two volunteer rescuers are dead and two are missing after their motorboat was electrocuted in Houston's Normandy neighborhood on Monday afternoon.Two Hurricane Harvey volunteers are dead, two are still missing and two journalists have been injured after their boat crashed into submerged power lines in Houston floodwaters on Monday
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