‘ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATING’: Mother of Two Sons Who Escaped Texas Flooding Breaks Down as She Shares Harrowing Story
In one of the most gripping accounts to emerge from the historic Texas flooding, a mother is speaking out — her voice trembling, her eyes filled with tears — as she recounts the moment her two young sons were swept away by violent, rising waters… and miraculously survived.
“I thought I lost them,” she whispered during the emotional interview. “One second they were holding my hands, and the next… the water just ripped them away.”
The family had been trapped in their one-story home outside of Temple, Texas, when the floodwaters crashed through their neighborhood without warning. The mother, whose name has been withheld for privacy, had only seconds to grab her sons — ages 6 and 9 — and try to reach higher ground.
But the current was too strong.
She described watching, helplessly screaming, as her boys disappeared around the corner of a submerged fence.
“All I could do was pray,” she said, “and run after the sound of their cries.”
What happened next has been called nothing short of a miracle. Local volunteer rescuers, navigating the flood zone in a jon boat, spotted the two boys clinging to a tree branch nearly a quarter-mile from their home. Exhausted, shaking, and soaked to the bone, they were pulled to safety just minutes before the next surge of water swept through the area.
When the mother was reunited with them at a triage shelter that evening, witnesses said the embrace was “the kind that stops time.”
“I still don’t know how they made it,” she said through tears. “I’ll never take another moment for granted again.”
Now staying in a temporary shelter, the family has lost nearly everything — but they’re alive. And their story has become a symbol of hope amid unimaginable devastation.
As the mother clutched a donated blanket and her boys curled up beside her, she left viewers with a simple message:
“Hold your children close. You never know what a day can bring.”