Baylor Dallas officer rescues drivers as floodwaters rise

As strong storms moved across North Texas on Friday morning, streets around Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas looked more like a river.

That's when Brittney Taylor, a hospital police officer, jumped into action.

"I just had to do what I had to do," Taylor said.

Cellphone video obtained by CBS News Texas shows Taylor wading into waist‑deep water to pull stranded drivers from their cars.

"I didn't think about the rain. I didn't think about the sewage or anything like that," she said. "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."

The video shows bystanders standing on a platform, pointing out people who needed help each time Taylor finished escorting someone to safety.

"I would want someone to save me," she said. "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 or my hair wet. All of that is material stuff. These lives are more important than my feet or my hair getting wet."

Taylor said two things got her through the frightening situation.

"Prayer is what got me through it, and I thought of my son," she said.