OXFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — An Oxford mother and her two sons, ages 13 and 11, were reunited with the truck driver who they said saved them from the historic flash flooding on Aug. 18.
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“Thank you very much,” Gonxhe Kalici said. “We never really got the chance to thank you. You were there at the right time.”
Tips from News 8 viewers and social media led to Tuesday’s reunion between the family and 27-year-old Ishan Brown.
“[Brown] should really be praised for what he did, and the whole world needs to see that there are still good people out there,” Kalici said.
Brown said he was driving a tanker truck for Kenan Advantage, delivering 84,000 gallons of jet fuel, when he jumped into action against rising floodwater and debris.
“It happened so fast, I wasn’t expecting it,” Brown said.
The rescue happened along Route 67 near the Oxford House Tavern, …