Helicopter rescue saves three people as floodwaters sweep four into LA channel

During a rainstorm in the San Fernando Valley, floodwaters surged through the narrow Pacoima Wash near 15012 W. Parthenia St. in North Hills, sweeping four people away. First responders from the Los Angeles Fire Department deployed a helicopter to retrieve a man and a woman, then located a third person clinging to a structure and rescued them as well. The fourth individual, initially reported missing, managed to free themselves and reach safety.