In a dramatic Fourth of July rescue, a 22-year-old woman was saved after being dragged approximately 20 miles down the Guadalupe River during catastrophic flash flooding in Kerr County, Texas. The woman was found clinging to the branches of a tall cypress tree, feet above rushing floodwaters, after her campsite in Ingram was swept away.
According to KEN5S, a homeowner in Center Point heard her screams and located her in the tree. Aware the branches were weakening, the man flagged down nearby rescue crews, who dispatched a boat to retrieve her. By the time they arrived, the floodwaters had dropped nearly 10 feet, forcing the woman to leap from the tree into the rescue boat.
She had been stranded for several hours and survived the ordeal with only minor injuries — despite being dragged over four dams and through debris-filled waters. Her family, who were also swept away after trying to flee in a vehicle, remain unaccounted for.
The woman’s survival is being described as miraculous amid a disaster that has already claimed at least 25 lives, with dozens still missing. Emergency communications were reportedly overwhelmed at the time of the incident.
