Fox Weather meteorologist Bob Van Dillen is being called a hero after he rescued an Atlanta woman trapped in rising floodwaters mid-broadcast.

Van Dillen launched the one-man rescue mission to save the screaming woman, who appeared stuck in her car surrounded by the waters of Hurricane Helene.

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