Within the sticky Texas warmth with evening approaching, Xavier Ramirez waited exterior Calvary Temple Church hoping for a miracle — that in some way his mother, stepfather, aunt, uncle and cousin weren’t swallowed by Texas’ bloated Guadalupe River.
Ramirez, 23, from Midland, was on the church in Kerrville with weariness in his eyes. He was getting by “minute to minute, second to second,” he mentioned.
One in all his cousins, Devyn Smith, who had been at HTR Campgrounds exterior Ingram when the Guadalupe River burst from its banks, had been discovered late Friday and was recovering at Peterson Regional Heart, he mentioned.
Smith, 23, was discovered about 20 miles downriver exterior Heart Level in a tree, Ramirez mentioned.
However she was one among six who’d been on the campground exterior Ingram in Kerr County.
Ramirez mentioned he nonetheless was awaiting phrase of his aunt, Tasha Ramos; one other cousin, Kendall Ramos; his stepfather, Cody Crossland; his mom, Michelle Crossland; and his uncle Joel Ramos.
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