A Florida woman documented a terrifying ordeal after her car became trapped in rapidly rising flood waters, and her TikTok videos, shared as @Amyjulissa520, describing the experience, have since gone viral.
“Happy Sunday. I’m stuck in my car,” she begins in the first clip, her voice shaking as rain pounds around her. “Um, the water is flooded, literally so close to my window, and I’m literally stuck. And I called 911, and they’re not coming.” The woman explains that she was only minutes from home when she attempted to drive through a street she knew had a history of flooding. But heavy rain made visibility nearly impossible.
“The flooding isn’t gonna stop until an hour, and I’m. I’m stuck in my car. It won’t turn on. I won’t back up. Like, nothing,” she said. She adds that she’s not from Florida and had never experienced anything like this before. “I’m not a Floridian. Like, I literally live in Connecticut, and this never happens. And I think my car is gonna be totaled, and I don’t know what to do.”
She survived, her car did not
In a follow-up video posted the next morning, she confirms that she survived the ordeal — but her car did not. “Here is your update. I’m in my rental car,” a Toyota Camry, she said.
She admits many commenters criticized her decision to drive into the water. “So, a lot of you were calling me stupid, which I kind of am, but here’s the thing, okay? I was on my way from work. I know that this street that I live in floods, but I just. I always drove past it, no problem. I didn’t think it was a big deal.”
She says the real danger was how little she could see in the downpour. “I didn’t see how deep the water was because it was pouring rain, and I couldn’t. I was fully driving in the highway before this, and I couldn’t see, which is. Yeah, super dangerous, but it’s like, I’m five minutes away from home. I’m gonna try to push through, which kind of idiotic of me.”
By the time she realized how deep the water was, it was too late. “I didn’t even realize that I was, like, hitting the water until I just hear, like, a splash, because, again, I can’t see like this. I couldn’t see anything. I literally couldn’t see anything.”
She added, “Trying to back up my car just shut off. It, like, it wasn’t working. My lights were on, my seats were on. Like, everything was on, but then, like, my battery, I guess that’s when it, like, crashed.”
911 arrived after all
@amyjulissa520 Replying to @Jayla
♬ original sound – Amystorytime of how the fire rescue team got me out of my car that flooded #bocaraton #florida #ct #storytime #fau
Though she said in her first post she called 911 “and they’re not coming,” her follow-up post said the fire department finally arrived. “They had to roll down the window for me and I crawled out and then they put it back up, I don’t know with what. So I was fully in the back seat of the fire truck. Um, he had to carry me out.”
She credits Boca Fire Rescue with saving her life. “Thank You, Boca Fire Department, fire rescue for saving me. Cause I’m being dramatic right now, but I was literally trapped in my car.” The emotional attachment to the vehicle made the loss even harder. She says the car had been a gift from a priest and that she loved it deeply.
“When I tell you that car was a gift, and I literally loved that car. It was given to me by A priest. And she’s being towed today, which I’m so sad about, but I’m grateful I’m alive.” Despite the frightening experience, she maintained a sense of humor, even noting an unfortunate detail. “And the worst part is I am on my period. I’m on my period. Of course I am. Of course.” Now in a rental car and searching for a replacement vehicle, she says the ordeal changed her perspective. “I think I want a bigger car now because of what has happened… I’m also broke, so on a budget.”
