A Florida deputy is "lucky to be alive" after he was sucked into a drainage pipe and swept nearly 100 feet underwater as he tried to save a person caught in a flash flood. The Escambia County Sheriff's Office said in a Facebook post the area had been experiencing severe weather and torrential downpours over the past few days which peaked in the early morning hours on Friday. That's when Escambia County Deputy William Hollingsworth saw a man who was caught in rapidly rising waters, authorities say. For more: https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/regional/florida/florida-deputy-drainage-pipe-underwater/67-1052c2d2-1a8f-4dc8-869d-87c594db22bd ►Subscribe: https://on.wtsp.com/youtube ►Website: https://www.wtsp.com/ ►Facebook: https://facebook.com/10TampaBay ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/10TampaBay