But terrified residents watching water climb in their homes had no way of knowing when or if help would arrive.
It was like a river had been diverted, running now through the middle of the four small buildings that are the Weyant Green Apartments in the village of Highland Falls.
Younger relatives were trying to help, but the nearby bridge was covered by several feet of rushing water, and they couldn’t get to the property.
Pat Flynn, a former mayor of Highland Falls, made it over in his Explorer with a friend worried for her mother.
He saw older men and women — the ones who could stand — cowering in their doorways as water rose up their legs.
Persons:
Dagaev, Younger, Pat Flynn
Locations:
Hudson, New York, Highland Falls, Highland