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MANDY: NO ONE WAS INSIDE THIS
SUV WHEN IT WAS FOUND, SUBMERGED
IN THE SALUDA RIVER.
BUT WHERE IT WAS FOUND CAUSED
TO GET IT OUT.
THE FIRST HURDLE, TRYING TO GET
A TOW TRUCK UP THIS ACCESS ROAD
NEAR HOLIDAY DAM.
THE OWNER FIRST HAD TO STAKE OUT
SEE IF THEY COULD MAKE IT UP
THERE.
THEN, CREWS TRIED IT, BRINGING A
PICK-UP TRUCK, AS WELL, JUST IN
CASE THE TOW TRUCK GOT STUCK.
IT WAS A BUMPY RIDE, BUT
EVENTUALLY, EVERYONE MADE IT TO
THE TOP,
WHERE THIS RED FORD EXPLORER WAS
FOUND PARTIALLY SUBMERGED IN THE
SALUDA RIVER
DIVERS FROM THE ANDERSON FIRE
DEPARTMENT TECHNICAL RESCUE TEAM
FIRST.
THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE CAR, MAKING
SURE NO ONE WAS IN IT. WE
CHECKED SEATS, FLOORBOARDS.
WE TRAIN ON THIS TYPE OF
SITUATION, JUST TO MAKE SURE WE
CLEAR EVERY INCH OF THE CAR.
MANDY: THERE WERE SIGNS FROM THE
BEGINNING THAT THIS SUV HAD BEEN
STOLEN, SAYS DIVE RESCUE
COORDINATOR JOSH HAWKINS.
>> WHEN WE GOT TO THE CAR, THE
STEERING WHEEL WAS ACTUALLY TIED
IN A SPECIFIC DIRECTION, SO THEY
HAD IT TIED TO THE CAR TO GO IN
ONE DIRECTION.
MANDY: THE TEAM WENT INTO THE
WATER, AND ATTACHED THE ***
FOR JAMES WHITTINGTON, OWNER OF
JAMES AUTO REPAIR AND TOWING.
>> THIS IS ABOUT THE HARDEST
WE'VE EVER HAD.
MANDY: AND AFTER A WHILE, THE
SUV WAS PULLED OUT, LATER
DETERMINED TO BE STOLEN OUT OF
LAURENS COUNTY.
>> HOW YOU GOING TO GET BACK
DOWN? SLOWLY?
>> VERY SLOWLY, HAHA.
MANDY: THIS SUV WILL NOW BE
TAKEN TO A STORAGE YARD UNTIL
MANDY GAITHER, WYFF NEWS 4, IN