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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 everybody's 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, i'm 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 said, i can't see myself doing anything different. dad told me to go, i would have tried to make it. ...

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 you're going to leave, you better leave now because that neighborhood flooded and it's 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 don't know, it was 9:00 or 10:00 in the morning, we lost contact with him for about two hours. nobody knew where sammy was. >> how did you find out what had happened ac...

Take them to rick's house. sammy got in the house and dried up mom and dad's 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 rick's house. sammy said yeah, i can do that. >> what did you recommend? >> i told him, if you're going to leave, you better leave now because that neighborhood in allison flooded. it's going to get bad. you better get over here now. he put them in the van. he was c...

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 it's 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 listen to your dad. dad was real demanding even at 84 years old. so he went. like i told sammy, i c...

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 can't 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 didn't even take off his seatbelt. the window was half way open. he slid out. and he came -- grabbed a branch or twig, what he called it. he called a twig. i don't know if it was a bran...