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'I'm scared': Florida high school student swims through chest-deep floodwaters after bus drop-off

A high school freshman in Florida, Noah John, swam through chest-deep floodwaters to get home after his school bus dropped him off on Monday, a moment captured in a viral video.
The flooding began unexpectedly while students were at school; the district kept schools open based on guidance from the Emergency Operations Center and the National Weather Service.
Noah described the water as "all the way up to the stairs," while witness Martina Elieson, who filmed the incident, said her "heart sank" seeing the students exit the bus.
During a news conference on Tuesday, Superintendent Jon Prince apologized to parents, calling the event "an unpredicted and unprecedented once in a century event for our community."
Romeo John, father of Noah, expressed concern about his son's unusual drowsiness since the incident and criticized the school district for poor communication during the flooding.

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