The trucker rescued from floodwaters during Hurricane Harvey has been reunited with the reporter that saved him.

On August 27th, during the rains from Hurricane Harvey, truck driver Robert Roberson was driving his semi truck along the North Sam Houston Tollway frontage road when he drove into high water. He was unable to move his truck and the water rose, trapping him inside the cab.

At the same time, KHOU reporter Brandi Smith and photographer Mario Sandoval pulled up to the overpass and began shooting a live video of the flooding and rain brought on by hurricane Harvey. As Smith and Sandoval were filming, Smith noticed a tractor trailer on the roadway below, submerged in the rising floodwaters.

It soon became apparent that the truck driver was still inside the vehicle, and Smith promptly flagged down a Harris County Sherriff’s Office rescue team, who launched their boat into the water and rescued Roberson from the waterlogged semi truck.

“Never once thought it would be me in the water,” Roberson said of the incident.

“You see on TV, water hitting people. Not me.”

Now, less than a month later, Smith and Roberson have been reunited, this time at Roberson’s home in Durant, Mississippi, reported KHOU.

“I told her, ‘something’s going on here. Pray for me,’” Roberson said as he explained how he called his wife during the worst of the flooding.

“I was already praying for Texas anyway, but I really didn’t know he was going to be caught up in it,” Roberson’s wife Virginia said.

“I always pray for him. When he leaves, when he’s not here, every time I get on my knees, I pray for him. I pray for all the truck drivers… It really kind of got me to see what he went through, to see him really down there in that water like that,” she said of the video footage captured by Sandoval.

Since the flooding, Roberson has been outfitted with a new truck, Bluetooth headset, and GPS by his company.

“We really don’t know what kind of pressure a human being can really take…” said Roberson in the interview at his home in Durant.

“Until you live it,” finished Smith.

The two exchanged hugs and contact information before parting ways again.

“My God… thank you. I’ll never forget you,” Roberson said to Smith as the pair sat in his new truck.

“Well, you’ve got my number now, you call me if you ever need anything,” Smith replied from the passenger seat.

Roberson says he looks forward to getting back on the road in his new truck as soon as he can.