As strong storms moved across North Texas Friday morning, the streets around Baylor Hospital in Dallas looked more like a river.<\/p>\n
That’s when Brittney Taylor, a hospital police officer, jumped into action. <\/p>\n
“I just had to do what I had to do,” Taylor said. <\/p>\n
Cell phone video obtained by CBS News Texas shows Taylor wading into waist-deep water to pull stranded drivers from their cars. <\/p>\n
“I didn’t think about the rain, I didn’t think about the sewage or anything like that. And after getting everyone out of the car, I went back to work and answered calls. It’s cold in the hospital. I didn’t take my boots off or my socks; it was just adrenaline. It could have been 10 degrees outside, and I would have taken the call,” Taylor said. <\/p>\n
The video shows bystanders standing on a platform, pointing out people who needed help every time the officer finished escorting someone to safety. <\/p>\n
“I would want someone to save me. Even if my son or his friends were out here, I would want a bystander to be like ok, they have a family to go home to. For my own selfish reasons, I could have said I don’t want to get my shoes wet, my hair wet. All of that is material stuff; these lives are more important than my feet, my hair getting wet,” Taylor said. <\/p>\n
During our interview with Taylor, she said there were two things that got her through the frightening situation.<\/p>\n
“Prayer is what got me through it, and I thought of my son,” Taylor said.<\/p>\n