Firefighters rescued a couple stranded on top of a minivan in a flash flood in eastern China last Sunday (August 19).<br /><br />The dramatic video, captured in Rizhao City in Shandong Province, shows a fireman in a life jacket tied by ropes walking through the rapid floodwater to approach the couple.<br /><br />After he attaches the ropes to the couple, the firefighters slide two life jackets towards them along the zip line.<br /><br />With the help of both local villagers and firefighters, the woman and the man are pulled to the bank in turns. <br /><br />The crowds cheer as they are brought safely onto land.<br /><br />According to reports, they tried to drive across a bridge above a swollen river but got stuck in the middle of it.<br /><br />The couple were rescued after two hours and they were not injured seriously, reports said.
