Video shows Good Samaritan rescuing grandmother from Kentucky floodwaters as death toll climbs to 28

This is the incredible moment a Good Samaritan rescued a 98-year-old and her family who were trapped inside their home amid ‘devastating and deadly’ flooding in Kentucky which has left 28 dead.

Missy Crovetti, from Green Oaks, Illinois, said her grandmother Mae Amburgey, uncle Larry Amburgey and her brother Gregory Amburgey were in the home in Whitesburg, Kentucky, as it completely flooded, with photos showing 98-year-old Mae sat on her almost-submerged bed.

As he drove to get petrol on Thursday morning, local man Randy Polly came across floodwaters which left him stranded on a patch of dry land not far from Mae’s home.

He captured the moment he saw a ‘hero’ save Mae and her family from the rising waters. Filming from a small distance away at around 9am, the man swam over to the house…