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Gone. what are you talking about? what happened? sammy lost control of the van and it went in the bayou and everybodys gone. i got a hold of sammy. he was barely able to talk and he was saying that he was going down lay road. or green river lay road, im not sure. they came up to a bridge and the bridge was overflowing. but dad said, go, you can make it, i can see the guardrail, go. sammy -- you listen to your dad, you know. dad was real demanding even at 84 years old. so he went, you know. i sai...

Made them some breakfast, and then he got everybody in the van. at the same time, danny said could you go across the street because his grandkids were across the street. and sam said yeah, i can do that. i told him if youre going to leave, you better leave now because that neighborhood flooded and its going to get bad and you better get over here now. so had he put them in the van and he was coming this way. and after that, i dont know, it was 9:00 or 10:00 in the morning, we lost contact with h...

Take them to ricks house. sammy got in the house and dried up mom and dads clothes, put them in the drier, made them some breakfast and got everybody in the van. now, at the same time danny said could you go across the street, because his grandkids were across the street, go across the street and get my grandkids and take them to ricks house. sammy said yeah, i can do that. >> what did you recommend? >> i told him, if youre going to leave, you better leave now because that neighborhood in alliso...

Me and said -- she was hysterical. sam lost control of the van. mom and dad are gone, my kids are gone: i said what are you talking about? sammy lost control of the van and its in the buy you. i finally got ahold of sammy. of course, he was barely able to talk. he was saying that he was going down lay road, or green river, lay road. they came up to a bridge where lay road and green river come together and the bridge was overflowed, dad said go, you can make it, i can see the guard rail, go. you ...

Dad said, go. i mean you can make it. i can see the guardrail. go. and sammy told -- we were talk you can -- you listen to your dad. dad was really demanding even at 84 years old. so he went. and like i told sammy, i said i cant see myself doing anything different. i would -- dad told me to go i would have tried to make it. he panicked. he said him, mom and dad were in underwater. and he got out of the van. he didnt even take off his seatbelt. the window was half way open. he slid out. and he ca...

>> its just me i guess we got to get out of here. i if tell asleep. neighbor just woke us up. watering coming in the house. >> then, when he realized he had fallen asleep it was starting to get too late. >> yes. >> but then he figured out he could still get out because your brother had left a van. >> yes. >> how did you find out what had happened across that bridge? >> well, my sister-in-law called me, and said that -- she was hysterical and said sammy lost control of the van and mom and dad are...