The Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA) rescued two people Dec. 28 in Santa Ana after they were swept away in a flood control channel following heavy rain in Southern California. Authorities responded to a call about a person trapped in the flood channel at 4:53 p.m. near South Raitt Street and Edinger Avenue. When rescuers arrived, they searched the area and found a man and a woman, both adults, beneath a road, hanging onto a flood channel with heavy flowing water. “They were under the overpass, so actually inside the tunnel—a small portion of the flood control channel. And they were hanging onto the side,” OCFA Cpt. Thanh Nguyen told The Epoch Times. Rescuers immediately brought the pair life vests, while other members of the technical rescue team went downstream in case the individuals lost their grip and were swept away in the current. Two rescuers then embarked on a …