GREEN RIVER, Utah – Multiple agencies raced against the clock on Saturday in central Utah when a man was stranded by flash floods and faced the risk of being swept away any second.

The Emery County Sheriff’s Office responded on Saturday around 4 p.m. on Airport Road along the south side of Green River , Utah, where the person was trapped in the fast-moving water.

After the Green River Fire Department arrived and the Public Works arrived on scene with a front loader, teams used a kayak to reach the man.

A civilian, Kent Nelson, and Emery County Sheriff’s Deputy Josh Opp, were able to give the man a life vest and rope. Once he was secured, he was pulled to safety .

Video by the Emery County Sheriff’s Office shows the high-stakes effort to rescue the man and the moment he was brought to s

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