LAJEADO, Brazil – Deadly flooding filling up homes in southern Brazil chased families to the roofs and attics to wait and hope for rescue. Roofs are now the only islands in a muddy sea. In the video above, an Army soldier is seen using a brick to hammer through the roof of a house to make the hole big enough to pull a baby to safety. He does this while suspended by a wire from a helicopter. Another video shows dry-suit-clad rescuers gently placing a 4-month-old with pneumonia into a chopper,... Read this story
