goopysolelady
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jul 16, 2008
Just now returned from Jr. High Awards Day...Redstorm gets a "thumbs up" 
for her 6 awards and she was the only Jr. High student who participated in ALL sports offered by the Athletic Department. 
But the highlight of the program was a special "Hero's Award" given to the twin boys who were rescued off the rooftop of their grandparents home during the Hill Country flood over Memorial Day weekend. Their Dad did not make the trip so they were the "men" in the family group. Water rapidly filled the first floor so they retreated to the 2nd story only to see water continue to rise...40 FEET of water was the final mark inside the house. They tied bed sheets together and crawled out of a bedroom window. One of them and their mother boosted the other to the house roof where he tied the bed sheets to the fireplace chimney. The other assisted their elderly grandparents (actually older than ME 
) as they climbed the "rope" followed by their mother. They tied the sheets around one another and sat on the roof ridge for 2 hours during the thunderstorm before being rescued by boat. There was not a dry eye in the cafeteria. 
I can't imagine the fright of their mother! 
Two 13 year old young men saved the lives of their family with quick thinking and pure determination. They got a standing ovation as we all passed out the tissues! 
for her 6 awards and she was the only Jr. High student who participated in ALL sports offered by the Athletic Department. But the highlight of the program was a special "Hero's Award" given to the twin boys who were rescued off the rooftop of their grandparents home during the Hill Country flood over Memorial Day weekend. Their Dad did not make the trip so they were the "men" in the family group. Water rapidly filled the first floor so they retreated to the 2nd story only to see water continue to rise...40 FEET of water was the final mark inside the house. They tied bed sheets together and crawled out of a bedroom window. One of them and their mother boosted the other to the house roof where he tied the bed sheets to the fireplace chimney. The other assisted their elderly grandparents (actually older than ME ) as they climbed the "rope" followed by their mother. They tied the sheets around one another and sat on the roof ridge for 2 hours during the thunderstorm before being rescued by boat. There was not a dry eye in the cafeteria. I can't imagine the fright of their mother! Two 13 year old young men saved the lives of their family with quick thinking and pure determination. They got a standing ovation as we all passed out the tissues! 
Their mother had to be "dying a thousand deaths" fearing for them all! 
They STILL haven't found the rest of the members of the 2 families that washed away. The mother's body of the 2nd family was found but her husband and child are still missing along with the mother and 2 children from the family where the Dad survived. BFF's mother (they live in the area) told me Saturday at the dance recital the authorities found their car...running...the next morning. Apparently they were planning on leaving and when the Dad went back in to get the rest the flash flood hit. 
More thinking, not WL, WLV, YC or BC. 
