Local volunteers search for survivors along Texas’ Guadalupe River

The Manila Times

Local volunteers search for survivors along Texas’ Guadalupe River  More than 600 volunteers flocked to central Texas on Sunday, July 6, to help with search and rescue operations along the Guadalupe River after deadly flooding.  The volunteers, who organized themselves in Center Point’s Fire Dept., were trying to find survivors and remains.  Volunteer and high school principal Josh Limmer told Reuters the group is formed by ex-military and local civilians that arrived in the area to rescue “whatever we can find.”  The death toll from catastrophic floods in Texas reached at least 69 on Sunday, including at least 21 children, as the search for girls missing from a summer camp entered a third day.  REUTERS VIDEO  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net     Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Stitcher: https://tmt.ph/stitcher Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #TheManilaTimes #WorldNews #Texas

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00:00you know, I've got two babies at home. It's the least I could do. You know,

00:29they're home safe and there's people out there that they're missing their children or their family

00:34members. So it's, I feel like it's the least I could do to help. So yeah, it's what I would want

00:41if my kids were missing. So yeah, it's gut-wrenching watching all of this happen. I mean,

00:50it happened so fast and I wanted to come out sooner, but I also didn't want to be in the way

00:57of waiting for things to get done. So, you know, we came out to as quick as we could to help

01:05search, hopefully to find people that are still alive. So, but it's devastating looking at everything

01:13and to think that this was underwater two days ago is, tags on my heart. So.

01:27Best case scenario is we find some folks who are still alive, get them the help that they need

01:44and just send it back to their families for a happy reunion, best possible ending to this scenario. But

01:50we recognize that three days out, there's likely a fair amount of folks who unfortunately did not

01:56survive as well, but being able to find the remains and perhaps let their families know some clarity on

02:05what exactly happened for sure. I know if I was in that situation myself, it would bring me some

02:10closure knowing definitively what happened instead of continuously holding out, wondering if the one I

02:16love is still love is still out there. Seeing all the devastation and the trees and the clothing, the random bits

02:23of flotsam floating around the river really hits home. You know, how many people are affected by this, the depth

02:30of the tragedy and destruction that we're all going through right now. So, that gives quite a somber

02:36feeling to just be out here seeing it in person rather than just on the news.

02:46That's really good!

03:03That's a living trip.

03:07Yeah.

03:08What you see out here is volunteers from military, ex-military to localized civilians

03:31that are coming out to help search and rescue for whatever we can find in the area.

03:37And this is, it's all coordinated by volunteer efforts.

03:40Yesterday we had roughly about 375 volunteers here and on the ground.

03:46Today we're predicting probably close to 600 volunteers plus.

04:07Let's get started.

04:24Yeah, that's right.

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