As a horrific flood striked Houston, a woman tried to keep her toddler protected.
Authorities said a 41-year-old women by the name of Colette Sulcer was driving on a Tuesday afternoon down a interstate 10 road in Beaumont, when her vehicle hit high waters.
More than two inches of precipitation falling per hour and gusts of wind blowing at 38mph. Sulcer pulled into a nearby parking lot and was imprisoned, Beaumont police said, so she grabbed her child and fled the lot.
Similar scenes have occurred all throughout Texas due to high winds, heavy rains, and floods brought by Harvey attacked. Harvey had swept across most of the southern part of Texas: a moment of tragedy and hard work to get out of the hurricanes negative actions safely. But this story ended very fatal. Unlike many other stories were all people and pets survive this one didn’t have so much of a happy ending. Sulcer and her daughter, who has not been publicly identified were swept into a canal. …show more content…
The child did survive, but Sulcer was dead, police said.
‘“It’s a true testament of a mother’s will to sacrifice her life to keep her child alive,” Officer Haley Morrow, a Beaumont police spokeswoman, told The Washington Post on Wednesday.’ “Morrow said two Beaumont police officers and two fire rescue divers spotted the toddler, who was wearing a small, pink backpack, pulled the two from the floodwaters. Rescuers were able to save the child, police said, but Sulcer never regained consciousness.” (Bever, Lindsey. “A mother died saving her toddler daughter as they were swept away in Harvey flood.” The Washington Post Aug.
Authorities said a 41-year-old women by the name of Colette Sulcer was driving on a Tuesday afternoon down a interstate 10 road in Beaumont, when her vehicle hit high waters.
More than two inches of precipitation falling per hour and gusts of wind blowing at 38mph. Sulcer pulled into a nearby parking lot and was imprisoned, Beaumont police said, so she grabbed her child and fled the lot.
Similar scenes have occurred all throughout Texas due to high winds, heavy rains, and floods brought by Harvey attacked. Harvey had swept across most of the southern part of Texas: a moment of tragedy and hard work to get out of the hurricanes negative actions safely. But this story ended very fatal. Unlike many other stories were all people and pets survive this one didn’t have so much of a happy ending. Sulcer and her daughter, who has not been publicly identified were swept into a canal. …show more content…
The child did survive, but Sulcer was dead, police said.
‘“It’s a true testament of a mother’s will to sacrifice her life to keep her child alive,” Officer Haley Morrow, a Beaumont police spokeswoman, told The Washington Post on Wednesday.’ “Morrow said two Beaumont police officers and two fire rescue divers spotted the toddler, who was wearing a small, pink backpack, pulled the two from the floodwaters. Rescuers were able to save the child, police said, but Sulcer never regained consciousness.” (Bever, Lindsey. “A mother died saving her toddler daughter as they were swept away in Harvey flood.” The Washington Post Aug.