NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- Two people were found dead in flooded basements in New York City on Thursday after heavy storms moved through the area, according to police.

A 39-year-old man was found unconscious and unresponsive in a flooded basement in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, police said.

The FDNY Scuba Team went into the flooded basement around 4:25 p.m. and removed him. He was taken to Kings County Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

"I was here when they dragged his body out of the water," said Akiva, the victim's friend.

Neighbors told Eyewitness News that the man lived in the basement and went back in to save one of his two dogs and was unable to get out.

"He was just very pure, simple person," Akiva said. "Didn't really need much at all. He was a giver, he wasn't a taker."

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