What had he done?

I was driving to the airport las week in a super heavy downpour when I saw a man crawling in a big puddle of water by the roadside. There were floods in a few places. He had no legs. He would occasionally look up while he crawled his way through the water. He certainly wasn't gaining sympathy because there were no pedestrians and no cars nor motortuk would stop for him. What had he done to deserve this?