New York Yankees broadcaster saves colleague as his car floods up

The New York Yankees broadcaster John Sterling was helped out of his flooding car by Spanish radio play-by-play man Rickie Ricardo on Wednesday night after former got stuck in his car while driving back to home as NYC streets were deluged with water after heavy rains, reported AP.

Ricardo told WFAN on Thursday that the 83-year-old Sterling was the first to leave the stadium after the game concluded around 10 pm for while Ricardo stayed later for a Spanish postgame show.

Ricardo added that when he finally left the park, the lobby at Yankee Stadium was transformed into a river and water reached up to his ankle level.

It was Sterling’s broadcast partner, Suzyn Waldman, who called Ricardo as he was trying to find a route to his home in New Jersey and told him that Sterling was stuck in his car on River Road in Edgewater, New Jersey, just over the George Washington Bridge.

“I’ve seen how bad it gets flooded on River Road in Edgewater, and with the kind of rain we had, I can only imagine. So I said, Suzyn, I’m on my way. I more or less know where he lives. I’ll figure out where he’s at and see what I can do,” Ricardo said.

Sterling and Ricardo both were called to cover the Yankees vs Angeles game from the Yankee Stadium as the radio crew members have not yet resumed travelling with the team as part of COVID-19 protocols.

East Coast was pummeled by the remnants of Hurricane Ida. The storm killed at least 12 people in New York City, including one who drowned in a car and 11 more in basement apartments, police said.

Another TV broadcaster Michael Kay also said he had trouble getting home Wednesday, tweeting that he planned to wait out the storm at Fordham University in the Bronx. He also tweeted photos of the outfield at Yankee Stadium completely underwater during the game.  

New York area awoke to a flood-ravaged and largely paralyzed landscape yesterday as Hurricane Ida lashed heavy rains causing flash floods and severe weather conditions in the region.