LIVE TV AT THE HEIGHT OF HURRICANE FRANCINE. HERE'S JESSE KIRSCH. >> Reporter: WITH HURRICANE FRANCINE HAMMERING NEW ORLEANS, THE CITY TOLD PEOPLE TO STAY HOME. THIS IS WHY. >> THAT WATER IS ALMOST TO THE WINDOW OF THAT PICKUP TRUCK RIGHT THERE. >> Reporter: NBC AFFILIATE WDSU WAS LIFE ON THE AIR, AS THIS PICKUP TRUCK WOUND UP IN FEET-DEEP FLOOD WATERS, FLOATING AND SPINNING WITH A MAN TRAPPED INSIDE. REPORTER JONAH GILMORE ALERTED POLICE. >> OFFICER, A TRUCK RIGHT HERE. >> MY BROTHER TEXTED ME SAYING SOMEBODY HAD JUST DRIVEN INTO THE WATER. >> Reporter: MILES CRAWFORD LIVES NEARBY. THE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER NURSE GRABBED A HAMMER AND WALKED INTO THE WATER. >> IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE CLIMBING OUT OF THE BACKSEAT RIGHT NOW. THAT GUY JUST BROKE THAT WINDOW. >> Reporter: THE MAN ESCAPED WITH DIFFICULTY. >> OH, MY GOODNESS. HE JUST FELL IN THE WATER. THAT GOOD SAMARITAN IS HELPING. >> Reporter: AS THE GROUP MOVED TOWARD HIGH CROWD, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED. THEN WE LEARNED ABOUT MILES CRAWFORD AND HIS HUMILITY. >> I'M A NURSE, SO GOT TO SAVE LIVES. >> THERE'S A REAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOMEONE BEING BROUGHT TO YOU IN A HOSPITAL AND YOU PUTTING YOUR LIFE AT RISK IN FLOOD WATER. >> THAT WAS EASY COMPARED TO WHAT GOES ON BEHIND THESE DOORS RIGHT HERE. WE JUST DO THE BEST WE CAN WITH THE SITUATION WE CAN. BE KIND TO OTHERS AND IF YOU'RE ABLE TO HELP THEM, HELP THEM OUT.