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Teen brothers rescue Palm Bay mother, son and dogs from flooded home

Katherine Langford
Editor-in-Chief · Tuesday, November 3, 2026 at 10:25 PM · 1 min read
Teen brothers rescue Palm Bay mother, son and dogs from flooded home — Winter Park Schools news

As floodwater rose inside Brittany Grant’s Palm Bay home, she and her son climbed onto the kitchen counter with their three dogs and waited for help.Grant said there was no way out. After calling 911 three times and learning no emergency resources were available because of the flooding, she turned to Facebook.A mother saw the post and her two teenage sons responded.Fifteen-year-old Jonah Marshall borrowed a neighbor’s kayak. His 17-year-old brother, Lucas Marshall, grabbed his paddleboard. The two, along with another neighbor, made their way to Grant’s home.“Because they needed help and they were in trouble and danger, so just didn’t think about it and just went to help them,” Jonah said.Lucas said the rescue was tense, but he knew they were able to help.“It was definitely nerve-wracking a little bit,” he said. “But it was good because, like, we’re physical and able to do it, so might as well.”Grant and her son had spent hours trapped on the counter as water filled the home. When the b

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