SALT LAKE CITY — Residents of all ages came together to help pick up the pieces after Saturday’s flooding impacted one Salt Lake neighborhood near 800 North and Sir Michael Drive, near Interstate 215.

“About 9:00, 9:30 yesterday morning, my daughter said, 'Hey, the drain is not draining,'" said SLC resident David Durr. "So I went out, looked, and sure enough, it was low, but it wasn't draining."

“It has never been this bad, and talking to people who live in this neighborhood, who have been here 30-plus years, it has never been like this,” said Salt Lake Rose Park Stake President Lance Dunkley.

Neighbors formed an assembly line dumping out buckets of water, laid down sandbags, and practically transformed the street in one afternoon.

“No one ever hopes for a disaster like this, but it sh

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