Texas man searching for his parents after home swept away in Kerr County flooding
Robert Brake called his father at 4:44 a.m., urging him and his mother to evacuate from the Kerr County home where his parents had been staying.
“Dad, you got to get out of there,” Brake told him on the phone.
Less than 10 minutes later, Brake’s brother went to check on the home, located in an RV park, only to find that all the homes in the area had vanished in the flooding.
“We haven’t heard or seen of them since then,” Brake told CNN’s Pamela Brown on Sunday.
Brake and his brother Lucas are now in Kerrville, Texas, as they continue in their search, where Brake says they regularly check in at the local funeral home that stages bodies of those recovered from search operations for word of their mom and dad’s whereabouts.
“It’s an emotional rollercoaster. You go, and you don’t want to hear they’re here, but when they say they’re not there, it’s just one more ounce of hope – and that’s all we can ask for,” Brake said tearfully.
Brake asked for prayers for his brother and family, and for everyone in Texas grieving over loved ones lost in the weekend’s tragic flooding.
“Every hint of kindness, every shared post, every prayer, every offer to help – it means something to everybody here, including the Brake family,” he said.
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