Tales Emerge of NS Flood Rescues, as Towns Grieve Losses but Grateful for Heroism

People stand at the edge of floodwater as vehicles are seen abandoned in water following a major rain event in Halifax on Saturday, July 22, 2023. Darren Calabrese/The Canadian Press

As torrential floodwaters dragged volunteer firefighter Logan Hope downstream, he held a woman’s head over the surface and focused on a single goal.

“There’s no way I was going to let go of her,” he said during an interview on Tuesday from his home in Scotch Village, N.S.