North Miami Beach police rescued a woman and her 4-month-old baby from their flooding home Sunday as Hurricane Irma swept over South Florida.
FL Officers Rescue Woman and Baby from Hurricane Irma Flooded Home
Authorities said they believe that the family would have drowned if they had stayed trapped inside their house during the remainder of the storm.
September 11, 2017
North Miami Beach officers rescued a mother and her baby Sunday from a home flooded by the storm surge of Hurricane Irma. (Photo: North Miami PD)
A man who lives next door to the family called 911 about 4 p.m.
Police used an armored vehicle to drive through the neighborhood and rescue the mother and baby.
The family was taken to a shelter to wait out the rest of the storm, Local 10 News reports.
Authorities said they believe that the family would have drowned if they had stayed trapped inside their house during the remainder of the storm.