One woman was killed in southwestern Newfoundland when a storm surge swept her from her home on Saturday. Others escaped the same fate thanks to help from onlookers — and luck.
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He went to move his truck across the road but saw the water rising even further. After moving the truck to a nearby hill, the 62-year-old went back to his house."I went back in the door and a wave took me and I went under," he said. "I thought I was gone." Brian Osmond, better known as 'Smokey,' lost everything he owned aside from his truck. He also nearly lost his life when a strong storm surge swept him away.
Gillam grabbed hold of a pipe on the underside of the vehicle as the water rushed around her. She struggled to breathe and scream for help in the brief moments she could get her head above water. "I got four stitches," he said, before making the stunning admission that he nearly drowned on Saturday. The 67-year-old stepped outside and was caught in the storm surge, pulled down by its undertow and dragged toward the ocean. It carried him down the road, before he smacked into a guard rail at the edge of an embankment.
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