Boats Rescue Stranded Office Workers and Residents as 'Bomb Cyclone' Slams Boston with Record Flooding
The feared "bomb cyclone" surged up the Eastern coast Thursday and slammed into Boston, unleashing treacherous, recording-setting flooding that swamped downtown, leaving office workers trapped and drivers marooned in freezing waters chock-full of ice floes.
Rescuers used boats to pluck people from hi-rises and floating cars as snow and driving winds brought more misery.
My friend just sent me this video. She’s currently stuck in her office building in #Boston due to flooding. She says people are being rescued by boats. #FOX35 #WinterStormGrayson #cyclonebomb pic.twitter.com/AQXsSwFSvn
— Shannon Delaney (@shannonkdelaney) January 4, 2018
Look at this video outside our window of flooding in #Boston historic #FortPoint #Seaport neighborhood that is causing big dumpsters to float down the street. #blizzard2018 @CNN @WCVB pic.twitter.com/mjfrZJYnKr
— kelkelly (@kelkelly) January 4, 2018
In nearby Lowell, a Massachusetts State Police trooper dangled from a helicopter to rescue a man from the frigid Merrimack River in a rescue police Lt. Donald Crawford described as "truly heroic," the Lowell Sun reported. Earlier attempts to reach the man by boat failed because of ice blocks and debris in the churning water.
While sea water carried dumpsters and blocks of ice through Boston streets, the National Weather Service reported water levels had reached or surpassed records set in the Blizzard of 78 and an earlier flood in 1921.
— Miss Lippy (@Libjammin) January 4, 2018
