. >> reporter: neighbor clayton weidemann jumped into the creek with dan along highland road. >> underwater, we could hear him hitting the window but he couldn't break it. >> reporter: dan sprang into action again, grabbing a pick axe from his truck and used it to smash the rearside window. >> clayton went underwater and went through the car because we didn't know if there was anyone else. >> reporter: the only person inside, a 20-year-old driver who suffered minor injuries. chp says he drove too fast for wet road conditions. >> he got very lucky. when you overturn and end up in a creek, it can end up worse than what happened. >> reporter: dan and clayton pulled the man out before chp and mfgs arrived. >> it took a lot of you know what to get that done. >> reporter: courage, perhaps heroics. >> anybody would have jumped down in the water to help somebody out, obviously. >> reporter: a modest rescuer with miraculous timing. >>> students at dozens of bay area schools have a day off today because of the storms. we do have a list for you on our abc7 news app and you can download it for free. ma