Two heroic teens used paddleboard to rescue local mom and son, 11, trapped inside flooded home after 911 crews ignored her pleas

Two teen brothers swam out on a paddleboard to rescue a mother and her young son from their flooded home last week in Brevard County, Florida . Central Florida has seen historic rainfall and flooding that started last Monday. Brittany Grant's home in Palm Bay, Brevard County was among those affected the most by the floods. Her home, which she shares with her 11-year-old son Nikoa Pastorius as well as three rescue dogs, started flooding rapidly, causing everything to be submerged in more than two feet of water.

Grant, Pastorius and their dogs were forced to take shelter atop the kitchen counter, unable to turn off the electricity due to risk of electrocution, Grant shared in a video posted on social media. Unable to access her home's electrical unit safely, Grant contacted Florida Power & Light who told her they could not turn her electricity off remotely. Grant called 911 three times to no avail, she said in a social media video in which she asks for help.

Two teenage boys who also live in the neighborhood, 17-year-old Lucas Marshall and 15-year-old Jonah Marshall, saw the social media post and decided to attempt a rescue. Brittany Grant and her son Nikoa Pastorius were trapped on the kitchen counter of their Florida home for hours as the floodwater rose higher and higher Teen brothers Lucas and Jonah Marshall came to Grant's rescue. Pictured is Jonah Marshall and Grant's 11-year-old son Nikoa Pastorius atop a paddleboard The two teenage boys were able to rescue Brittany Grant, her 11-year-old son and their three rescue dogs using a paddleboard and a kayak they borrowed from a neighbor The boys and another neighbor used a paddleboard and a borrowed kayak to swim out into the floodwaters and get to Grant's house.

The boys rescued Grant's son first before getting to Grant and the dogs, according to Click Orlando . Lucas helped the 11-year-old boy onto the paddleboard while asking him questions to distract him, Lucas told Click Orlando in a live interview. 'I was asking him, "what's your name?", "how's school going?"' Lucas said. 'It was definitely nerve-wracking a little bit, but it was good because we're physically able to do it so might as well,' he continued.

Jonah, 15, also gave a live interview shortly after the rescue: 'They needed help and they were in trouble and in danger, we didn't think about it, just went to help them,' he told Click Orlando. Brittany Grant's Palm Bay home was swallowed by historic floods in Brevard County last week Grant and her son stayed with a friend as they were unable to safely return to their home amid the flooding. 'This whole thing has been insane. I am incredibly grateful to everyone who has come to our aid.

We are safe and dry all five of us. There is a long road ahead of us from here, but we will be okay,' Grant said on social media. As the floods subsided over the course of the week, Grant and her son returned to their house to find their furniture irreparably damaged and most of their belongings destroyed by the water. The house had to be gutted completely, with four feet of drywall removed throughout the entire home, Grant's friend Lisa Darmana shared on social media.

Darmana started a fundraiser on behalf of Grant to help raise money for repairs and to cover the cost of replacing everything which was taken by the flood.