- Title: 419 AT Flash floods aftermath
- Date: 29th July 2020
- Description:Wrecked vehicle left behind after flash floods swep away woman Heavy storms with hail and heavy rain caused enormous damage at night in southern Austria. A woman from Styria was scared to death when she was out and about in the Stiftingtal valley in Graz yesterday evening. The stream next to the road had turned into a torrential river. The woman was swept up in the car by the water and threatened to drown. She was saved by brave first aiders at the last second. In an interview the next day Sandra Mocnik described the horrible and dramatic moments of mortal fear when she thoughts she had already finished with her life. In tears, she calls on her helpers to report to her to celebrate her second birthday together. Shotlist Stiftingtal valley, Graz, STYRIA, 30 July 2020: - Stream next to street which had turned into a torrential river yesterday evening - C/U broken branch - Stream next to street which had turned into a torrential river yesterday evening - Stream (PAN RIGHT) bridge under which the car had been pushed by the torrential floods - Car wreck covered with mud standing onto bridge - Street next to stream (PAN) car wreck standing onto bridge - VS details of totally destroyed car full of water and mud - Sandra Mocnik searching for the rests of her belongings in car wreck - TC 01:27 SOUNDBITE 1 (German) Sandra Mocnik, saved car driver: “I remember that I was very afraid to lose my life in this vehicle. Really. Because I realized it's hopeless. I alone can no longer free myself. I was very lucky that helpers came and opened the door. One of them risked his life because he went under the water together with me. The masses of water drove us under the bridge. The other helper wanted to pull us out, but he didn't succeed. The water masses were just too strong. Other helpers then pulled us out much further down the river.” - TC 02:10 SOUNDBITE 2 (German) Sandra Mocnik, saved car driver: “I was driven to the trees. Then it started. I had been on the phone and called: I am dying in the car. I can't get out of there. I was panicked.” - TC 02:28 SOUNDBITE 3 (German) Sandra Mocnik, saved car driver: “In this moment I finished with my life. I don't know what would have happened, what the body would have done or not. I had finished with my life. I didn't notice anything anymore. I bumped into everything. I have abrasions all over my body.” - Stream (PAN) car wreck standing onto bridge - Open engine hood full of mud and scrub - Stream (PAN) car wreck standing onto bridge - C/U bridge under which the car had been pushed by the torrential floods - TC 03:10 SOUNDBITE 4 (GERMAN) Sandra Mocnik, saved car driver, under tears: “Big Thank you. Really a big Thank you. And I hope the guys report to me so that we can celebrate my birthday together, my second one.”
- Collection: ORF
- Genre:News
- Producer:ORF
- Transmission Date:30/07/2020
- Decade: 2020s