Man rescues mom from floodwater... while stopping to take selfies

A man in Florida has been hailed as a (photogenic) hero after reportedly swimming through flooded streets to rescue his wheelchair-bound mother from her submerged house. <br> <br>49-year-old Johnny Lauder made the half-mile trip after Hurricane Ian sent a deluge of floodwater into his mother Karen’s home. Karen, a double amputee, had initially refused to move to safety and was now unable to leave the house, so her son did what any son would do in that situation. <br> <br>Bizarrely, however, he also stopped to film himself performing his heroics, as well as taking numerous selfies before actually getting down to the business of removing Karen from the bacteria-riddled water. <br> <br>The pictures were published on a GoFundMe page to help raise money towards repairs. <br> <br>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br>Freedom over censorship, truth over narrative. <br>Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RTnews <br>Follow us on Telegram: t.me/rtnews <br>Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RT_com