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911 Dispatcher Meets Mom She Helped Save During Houston Flood
September 26, 2019
After a mother made a frantic 911 call while trapped inside a sinking vehicle with her 5-month-old child in Houston, she is finally meeting the woman who helped save her. As Tropical Storm Imelda inundated Houston, 19-year-old Rachel Cangemi and her baby slid into a flooded creek and their van began sinking. “I thought I was going to die,” she told Inside Edition. Dispatcher Tammy Parker took the 911 call. She asked the worried mother if she could unlock the doors, but Cangemi could not.