Man swept away by floodwaters while trying to rescue stray dog
Updated: 5:36 AM EDT Aug 30, 2018
Flash flooding took the life of a man in Hawaii this week.Kauai County officials said Wednesday firefighters pulled the body of a 30-year-old man from a Koloa stream. Police identified him as local resident Joshua Bradbury.He was found Tuesday after a resident called 911 saying he saw Bradbury jump into the stream and float away. According to KHON, Bradbury was with his friend Noah Foote when they spotted a stray dog. "They were just talking about it and Josh's friend, Noah, said, 'If that dog goes in, man, I'm gonna have to jump in and get it,' and it came towards them in a moment," said Rob Bradbury, Joshua's father."That's when we realized the puppy was going to swim toward us," Foote said. "He met me on the other side of the steam, and the last time I saw Josh, he was handing the puppy, pushing the puppy over to me."Foote tried next to help his friend out of the rushing water, but it was too late. He ran and called 911. "I was going to do anything to find him," Foote said. "It's frustrating, you know, if we could rewind, right? But he loved animals.""It's a tragedy that you only hear about, that you don't want ever to ever feel, you know? It's not a pain anybody else hasn't ever felt, but it's a terrible thing," said Rob Bradbury. "The last thing he did was jump in after a dog that he, you know, he just reacted in the moment and did it, so I'm proud of him, the person he is, the man he became, the boy that he was."Bradbury had just turned 30 in May. Kauai roads and taro patches flooded Tuesday as leftover moisture from Tropical Depression Lane dumped heavy rain on the island.Lane is the nation's second rainiest tropical cyclone since 1950. Mountain View on the Big Island recorded 52.02 inches of rain from Aug. 22 through Sunday.
LIHUE, Hawaii —
Flash flooding took the life of a man in Hawaii this week.
Kauai County officials said Wednesday firefighters pulled the body of a 30-year-old man from a Koloa stream. Police identified him as local resident Joshua Bradbury.
He was found Tuesday after a resident called 911 saying he saw Bradbury jump into the stream and float away.
According to KHON, Bradbury was with his friend Noah Foote when they spotted a stray dog.
"They were just talking about it and Josh's friend, Noah, said, 'If that dog goes in, man, I'm gonna have to jump in and get it,' and it came towards them in a moment," said Rob Bradbury, Joshua's father.
"That's when we realized the puppy was going to swim toward us," Foote said. "He met me on the other side of the steam, and the last time I saw Josh, he was handing the puppy, pushing the puppy over to me."
Foote tried next to help his friend out of the rushing water, but it was too late. He ran and called 911.
"I was going to do anything to find him," Foote said. "It's frustrating, you know, if we could rewind, right? But he loved animals."
"It's a tragedy that you only hear about, that you don't want ever to ever feel, you know? It's not a pain anybody else hasn't ever felt, but it's a terrible thing," said Rob Bradbury. "The last thing he did was jump in after a dog that he, you know, he just reacted in the moment and did it, so I'm proud of him, the person he is, the man he became, the boy that he was."
Bradbury had just turned 30 in May.
Kauai roads and taro patches flooded Tuesday as leftover moisture from Tropical Depression Lane dumped heavy rain on the island.
Lane is the nation's second rainiest tropical cyclone since 1950. Mountain View on the Big Island recorded 52.02 inches of rain from Aug. 22 through Sunday.