{"id":2475325,"date":"2025-08-15T18:39:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T22:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennessee-hero-smashes-window-rescues-woman-from-submerged-car\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T18:39:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T22:39:58","slug":"tennessee-hero-smashes-window-rescues-woman-from-submerged-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennessee-hero-smashes-window-rescues-woman-from-submerged-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee Hero Smashes Window, Rescues Woman from Submerged Car"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftennessee-hero-smashes-window-rescues-woman-from-submerged-car%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2475325&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Troy Plemons, a 22-year-old utility worker from Tennessee, became a local hero when he rescued a woman trapped in her SUV during severe flooding on Interstate 24 near Chattanooga. While heading to get supplies, Plemons noticed the vehicle beginning to float and quickly acted, smashing the SUV&#8217;s window with a rock to free the trapped driver as floodwaters rapidly rose. Witnesses described the intense and emotional rescue,with the woman crying and others shaken by the dangerous situation. The flooding in Chattanooga led to at least three deaths and ongoing rescue efforts, highlighting the severe impact of the sudden heavy rains and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/severe-weather-tracks-towards-southeast-potential-for-tornadoes-thunderstorms\/\" title=\"Severe weather tracks towards Southeast, potential for tornadoes, thunderstorms\">flash floods<\/a> in the area.  <\/p>\n<div id=\"ld-4686-3758\"><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:14832835450050406,size:[0, 0],id:\"ld-4686-3758\"});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.decide.dev\/_js\/ajs.js\";j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,\"script\",\"ld-ajs\");<\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The water was coming down hard, but Tennessee hero Troy Plemons kept going harder, until he finally rescued a woman whose car was trapped when flooding hit the Chattanooga highway she had been driving on.<\/p>\n<p>Plemons, an employee of the utility EPB, had been on his way to get supplies when, as he hit Interstate 24, he said he watched a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hundreds-rescuers-mobilized-sudden-weekend-floods-sweep-dozens-away\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vehicle<\/a> &ldquo;starting to float,&rdquo; according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.local3news.com\/local-news\/local-man-goes-viral-for-saving-woman-in-flood\/article_b0c5d2f5-e951-4a34-87a9-d87cb63738e4.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WRCB-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Plemons, 22, said he and some employees of Lawson Electric saw the situation developing.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This hero used a rock to smash the window of an SUV to save a driver from rising floodwaters near Chattanooga, Tennessee. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/udWpKAqmpx\">pic.twitter.com\/udWpKAqmpx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNews\/status\/1956354926000435316?\">August 15, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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She couldn&rsquo;t roll down her window, couldn&rsquo;t open her door, and we could see her trying,&rdquo; Plemons said, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesfreepress.com\/news\/2025\/aug\/13\/good-samaritans-dramatic-water-rescue-caught-on\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chattanooga Times Free Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And then once her car kind of stopped, it just started sinking, and the water was rising as it was sinking,&rdquo; he continued.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It was like the water never stopped, so we could just see it rushing in, the current was still strong, and then it crossed all the lanes,&rdquo; Plemons said.<\/p>\n<p>Video showed Plemons smashing a window of the woman&rsquo;s SUV to get her out of the vehicle. He then carried her to safety.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She cried the whole time, which everybody was crying, it was really sad,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Everybody&rsquo;s losing all their belongings&hellip; I think that really stood out to me the most with how sad everybody was, and you know, there wasn&rsquo;t nothing you could really do, but just help them get out of the water.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Anderson Stout, 29, was also trapped and videoed Plemons as he helped the woman, whose name is not known.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;d say he swam 15 or 20 feet out there and grabbed a rock and broke her window and pulled her out,&rdquo; Stout said. &ldquo;And I&rsquo;m not gonna lie, it did not take two or three minutes before her windows were completely underwater.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Stout said there were people watching the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/3-americans-evacuated-antarctic-base-heroic-emergency-rescue-mission\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rescue<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think everyone took a deep breath and a giant gasp after they saw him pull her out,&rdquo; Stout said. &ldquo;It was definitely one of those moments where, after it happened, I looked down and my knees were shaking. It was intense.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I really, honestly think that he saved her life,&rdquo; he said, adding, &ldquo;I think if he wouldn&rsquo;t have gone out there and grabbed her, it might&rsquo;ve been really bad.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>At least three people died after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wild-footage-raging-floodwaters-wreak-havoc-nyc-subway-system-strand-riders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-winter-weather-heading-toward-west-coast\/\" title=\"More winter weather heading toward West Coast\">heavy rain<\/a><\/a> and flash floods hit Chattanooga on Tuesday, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/weather\/storms\/3-dead-historic-rain-flash-flooding-tennessee-authorities-say-rcna224688\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A family of two adults and their child died after a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >toppled tree landed<\/a> on their car, according to the Hamilton County Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security.<\/p>\n<p>One man was listed as missing after rescuers were unable to reach him and saw him swept away by floodwaters.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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