Judd McKenna sits in his cafe, not far from the intersection where he rescued a stricken driver whose car was about to be swallowed by a swirling torrent of water.
Around the corner is the bridge where he helped Eugowra grandmother Diane Smith onto higher ground as floodwaters inundated the central western NSW village on November 14, 2022.
In what would be the last time Mr McKenna saw the popular 60-year-old local, she gripped his hand as she stepped off a fire truck with a plan to go and help other evacuees.
Mr McKenna points toward the house where he and a young cop rescued a terrified mother and her son, who she had lifted onto a roof as a wall of water roared towards them.
