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Dramatic video shows drone dropping life jacket to man stranded on a vehicle in floodwaters

During this week's severe flooding, a King County deputy piloted a drone to deliver a life jacket to a man trapped on a car's roof as Snoqualmie River floodwaters rose, and the King County Sheriff's Office shared video of the delivery.
A powerful atmospheric river dumped massive rain over several days across western Washington, causing rivers including the Snoqualmie River to swell to dangerous levels and prompting evacuations and dramatic rescues captured on camera.
King County Sheriff's Office Communications Manager Brandyn Hull said this was the first time drone pilots delivered a life jacket, according to CNN, and the sheriff's office praised the deputy as `a case of a deputy going above and beyond` on Facebook.
A second video shows the man being rescued by a NAS Whidbey Island helicopter, which evacuated the stranded man from the flood zone after the drone-assisted life-jacket delivery.
Media outlets published the sheriff's office videos with a CNN byline, making footage available online with a player above labeled `Video: King County Sheriff's Office via CNN Newsource`.

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