RIDGE MANOR, Fla. – Nearly a month after Hurricane Milton and weeks after the Withlacoochee River peaked, some Ridge Mansion Residents still face more than five feet of flooding. But one local Pasco County hero is helping people with his airboat.

Sean Arnold, owner of Diesel Doctor Marine Services, has dedicated countless hours to the community just south of Cortez Boulevard.

“I plug the airboat in and basically go to these needy areas and start doing what I can to help whoever I can,” he said.

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Dozens of residents are trapped by floodwaters.

“It’s very deep, and then it gets high and there will be three houses, and then it will get deep again, and then you go another way, and it will be six feet high,” he said.

Arnold and his friends launch the airboat from Lakewood Drive, completely flooded.

“I told him, ‘You know what I’m going to do? I’m going to be here every day at 5 in the morning.’ Any kid or parent that needs a ride, I’m here. I’ll come get them no matter what. We’ll take them.” on the bus as soon as they get back, I’ll be here,” he said.

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Arnold said he had to navigate the unknown in the waters.

“We’ve hit washers, dryers, lawnmowers, generators, propane tanks, a lot of debris. A lot of docks,” he said.

Izzy Gonzalez was directly affected by the flooding at Ridge Manor.

“That water hasn’t gone down more than 9 inches. You could see the water line. Right now, it’s about 5 feet, 6 inches high,” he explained. “Two of my pigs drowned.”

Gonzalez said it’s a living nightmare.

A community resource center is available for residents in need at the Ridge Manor Community Center. The Red Cross is helping to provide food, laundry services and bathrooms.

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