ELLICOTT CITY, Md. – The man who was swept away by flood waters in Ellicott City as he was trying to help a woman has been found dead, Howard County police confirmed Tuesday.
Eddison Alexander Hermond, 39, was last seen at about 5:20 p.m. Sunday near the La Palapa restaurant. He was standing in the doorway of the restaurant trying to get inside away from the water when a woman asked for help.
Officials said Hermond was standing in the doorway of a restaurant trying to get inside away from the water when he saw a woman who needed help.
The woman told WUSA9 she was trying to leave pet store Clippers Canine Café on Main Street when she got stranded. Hermond heard her calls for help while she was holding the store’s resident cat.
Hermond went into the flood water to try to help her, but he went under.
The woman was holding out hope that he would be found alive, her boyfriend told WUSA9.
According to a Twitter post, Hermond was formerly in the Air Force and was in the National Guard at the time of his death.
