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            <h1 class="article-header__title">Houston reporter Brandi Smith saved a life while covering Hurricane Harvey.</h1>

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With flood waters rising, it looked like just a matter of time before the driver would be trapped, forced underwater, and possibly killed. \u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESmith yelled out to the driver, but there didn&#39;t seem to be much she or Sandoval could do from their position on the overpass.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe situation looked grim.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv data-reactroot=\&quot;\&quot; class=\&quot;push-wrapper--mobile\&quot; data-card=\&quot;image\&quot;\u003E\n\u003Cimg data-ix-path=\&quot;/nugget/59a32fb819ae240014648983/attachments/1-5cb2c0daa436669fee25f8852ecc45cc.png\&quot; data-ix-params=&#39;{ \&quot;auto\&quot;: \&quot;format\&quot; }&#39; sizes=\&quot;auto\&quot; class=\&quot;lazyload\&quot;\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\&quot;image-caption\&quot;\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBrandi Smith reporting from the scene, where she witnessed this truck in trouble. 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THANK GOD for that crew.\u003C/p\u003EPosted by \u003Ca href=\&quot;https://www.facebook.com/KHOUBrandiSmith/\&quot;\u003EBrandi Smith KHOU\u003C/a\u003E on Sunday, August 27, 2017\u003C/blockquote\u003E\u003C/div\u003E\u003C/div\u003E\u003C/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\&quot;First, thank you to everyone who has reached out,\&quot; \u003Ca href=\&quot;https://twitter.com/BrandiKHOU/status/901836426945449989\&quot; target=\&quot;_blank\&quot;\u003ESmith tweeted\u003C/a\u003E. \&quot;We are safe and so is Robert, the driver who was rescued.\&quot;\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\&quot;Second, all the credit for that rescue goes to photographer Mario Sandoval, who spotted the truck, and HCSO crews who rescued the driver. 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But let&#39;s not forget the everyday heroes among us.\u003C/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis act by Smith, Sandoval, and the Harris County Sheriff&#39;s Office is just one of dozens or even hundreds of examples of everyday heroism that will come to public attention in the days and weeks following the storm.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor those of us who aren&#39;t on the ground in Texas, there&#39;s still a lot we can do to help. 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