Rescue divers aided by a drone are to credit with saving the life of a man who fell into the dark, frigid and fast-moving flood waters for nearly five miles along the Snohomish River near Monroe on Dec. 5. Chris Robl, a father of two, is still processing his near-death experience. “I swam like I’ve never swam in my freaking life. My wife, my kids, my family, my friends – all that shows up to help pour coal in the fire,” Robl said. His story starts more than four miles upstream – on his property in Monroe. On Tuesday evening, Robl was moving yard furniture to higher ground and was going after a green tarp just a few feet off shore when the small, metal, and rudderless boat he was in was swept away. “It caught me. I found myself in it. It was over before it started. It was done,” he said. Read the full story: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/firefighters-rescue-man-skykomish-river-during-flood-waters/281-a2158d40-4270-4d7e-b5be-964a28643ecc