MAN MISSING AS TORRENT RIPS THROUGH MAIN STREET
A MAN remained missing Monday after flash flooding tore down a historic main street in a picturesque Maryland town and left a community heartbroken at seeing more devastation less than two years after rebuilding from another massive flood.
The missing man – 39-yearold Eddison Hermond of Severn, Maryland – was last seen trying to help a woman rescue her cat behind a restaurant while churning, brown waters ripped through Ellicott City’s flood-prone downtown.
Howard County Police Chief Gary Gardner said the missing National Guard member had been with a group at the La Palapa Grill & Cantina.
He said Mr Hermond was trying to help others by holding a door open as floodwaters coursed through the restaurant when a woman approached, desperately trying to rescue her pet just outside.
“He, along with some other folks, went back to assist her and unfortunately during that effort they saw him go under the water and not surface,” Mr Gardner told reporters.