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SEEN IN SUCH A LONG TIME. ROLE REPAIR NOW UNDERWAY FOR HIGHWAY SIX. THERE’S NO IMPACTS TO THE BRIDGE, AND MDOT SAYS THE HIGHEST WATER LEVELS REACHED IN OVER A DECADE. THE RIVER ITSELF IS HIGH, BUT NOW EVEN OUR CULVERTS ARE ARE GETTING QUITE FULL FOLLOWING ROAD EROSION ON MAIN STREET NEAR THIS CULVERT BY THE RIO GRANDE SATURDAY NIGHT. THE CULVERT BEHIND ME OVERFLOWED WITH WATER AND SO IT UNDERMINED THE ROADWAY. THE WATER SEEPED INTO THE UNDERNEATH THE ROADWAY AND IT JUST COLLAPSED THE SIDEWALK. SO THAT’S WHAT THEY’RE CALLING A SINKHOLE A NIGHT THEY SAY COULD HAVE TURNED FOR THE WORST. A MAN RIDING A BIKE WITH HIS SON TRAPPED IN THE SINKHOLE, BUT SAVED BY TWO GOOD SAMARITANS. HE WAS HOLDING ON TO THE POLES AND HE WAS SCREAMING, SAYING, I DON’T WANT TO DIE AND IF I DIE, I LOVE YOU, SON. AND I WAS LIKE, YOU’RE NOT DYING. I WAS HOLDING ON TO THE FENCE LIKE SPIDER-MAN, TRYING TO TRYING TO HELP HIM, BUT TRYING TO SAVE MYSELF AS WELL. LOS LUNAS SCHOOLS NOW REMOTE LEARNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. THE ROADWAY IS ONLY OPEN HALFWAY AND WE HAVE BUSSES THAT ARE TRYING TO GET HERE. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THEY DO NOT RUN THE BUSSES THROUGH HERE TODAY. CREWS WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO SALVAGE WHAT’S LEFT. CREWS ARE ACTUALLY ASSESSING THIS ARE
'What if I hadn't heard him?': Mother and daughter rescue man from sinkhole
"My window was cracked when I heard somebody yelling for help. I told my daughter, 'I think somebody's yelling for help.' She said, 'turn around Mom,'" Rodriguez said.
Disbelief is the only word fitting enough to describe Saturday for Heaven Chavez and Jackie Rodriguez. Earlier that day, their friend got in a car crash nearby, and just hours later, they were driving on Highway 6 in Los Lunas, New Mexico, when they heard a man calling for help."My window was cracked when I heard somebody yelling for help. I told my daughter, 'I think somebody's yelling for help.' She said, 'turn around Mom,'" Rodriguez said.A sinkhole had caved the sidewalk in and taken a person with it — a father who was riding his bike with his son."The whole sidewalk was gone. He was holding on to the poles screaming, saying, 'I don't want to die,' and 'if I die, I love you, son.' I was like, 'you're not dying,'" Chavez said.Chavez and Rodriguez say it took about 20 minutes for help to arrive."We couldn't see him that well, but we were able to hear him the way he was screaming — he needed help. I was holding onto the fence like a spider man trying to help him but trying to save myself as well," Chavez said.Risking her own life, Chavez eventually helped pull the man out. She believes it saved his life."He needed somebody, and we could have lost another person today," Chavez said. "My daughter brought a baby blanket out of the car and gave it to him. He hugged her so tight.""I drove home in tears because what if? What if I didn't hear him? His son could have lost his father today," Rodriguez said.
Disbelief is the only word fitting enough to describe Saturday for Heaven Chavez and Jackie Rodriguez. Earlier that day, their friend got in a car crash nearby, and just hours later, they were driving on Highway 6 in Los Lunas, New Mexico, when they heard a man calling for help.
"My window was cracked when I heard somebody yelling for help. I told my daughter, 'I think somebody's yelling for help.' She said, 'turn around Mom,'" Rodriguez said.
A sinkhole had caved the sidewalk in and taken a person with it — a father who was riding his bike with his son.
"The whole sidewalk was gone. He was holding on to the poles screaming, saying, 'I don't want to die,' and 'if I die, I love you, son.' I was like, 'you're not dying,'" Chavez said.
Chavez and Rodriguez say it took about 20 minutes for help to arrive.
"We couldn't see him that well, but we were able to hear him the way he was screaming — he needed help. I was holding onto the fence like a spider man trying to help him but trying to save myself as well," Chavez said.
Risking her own life, Chavez eventually helped pull the man out. She believes it saved his life.
"He needed somebody, and we could have lost another person today," Chavez said. "My daughter brought a baby blanket out of the car and gave it to him. He hugged her so tight."
"I drove home in tears because what if? What if I didn't hear him? His son could have lost his father today," Rodriguez said.
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