WATCH: Son swims by Florida’s flooded streets to rescue 84-year-old mom

A Florida man swam by the flooded streets of Naples following Hurricane Ian’s landfall to save lots of his mom, who was trapped inside her house.

Johnny Lauder mentioned by the point he obtained to his mom’s house, which is about half of a mile away from his, the water was at her chest.

"There was a van on the finish of the road that floated previous me," Lauder informed 10 Tampa Bay. "I've been in tough water earlier than, and this was like a big physique of water shifting."

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Lauder’s mom, who's 84 years outdated, is disabled and makes use of a wheelchair. He positioned her on a desk to relaxation and mentioned that after the water lowered some, he pushed her out of the house in her wheelchair.

“The water was nonetheless as much as her stomach after which her chest at some elements of the road, however it was loads much less pushing towards us,” Lauder mentioned. “It took us virtually an hour to get to the place there’s a resort on the nook to discover a dry spot.”

Lauder’s mom is reportedly being handled at an area hospital for a pores and skin situation that led to an an infection from the storm’s water.

Lauder and his mom say they misplaced every part inside their properties however are grateful to be alive.

“We're OK, a misplaced home and misplaced possessions, however we did not lose lives,” Lauder mentioned.