911 calls from deadly Texas Hill Country flood reveal heartbreaking pleas

Five months after the deadly Texas Hill Country flood newly issued calls reveal panic desperation and heartbreaking pleas The two urgency dispatchers on duty were overwhelmed as they were inundated with calls from individuals dealing with an increasingly dire situation Among the more than calls to urgency services were people stuck in or on their homes their summer camp cabins and even trees A few called multiple times to let rescuers know where they were and to alert them that their situations were becoming increasingly urgent We're okay but we live about a mile down the road from Camp Mystic and we've already got two little girls who have come down the river and we've gotten to them but I'm not sure how various else are out there one caller mentioned TEXAS FAMILY MOURNS 'SHINING LIGHT' -YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER CERTIFIED DEAD IN CAMP MYSTIC FLOOD DISASTERCamp Mystic an all-girls Christian summer camp located along the Guadalupe River lost campers and two teenage counselors in the floods The camp's longtime director and co-owner Dick Eastland tragically died in the floods while trying to rescue the campers Britt Eastland the co-director of Camp Mystic and Dick's son called as well asking for the National Guard to be called because as multiple as people were missing The Associated Press announced A counselor at Camp La Junta called as water filled a cabin super fast as screams of campers could be heard in the background Everyone in the cabin and the rest of the campers at Camp La Junta were rescued according to the AP In another call a woman frantically says that she and two elderly people were trapped in a house and could not get out She begged for help and stated the dispatcher that she was scared RIVER OF ANGELS MEMORIAL RISES IN KERRVILLE AS FLOOD CASUALTIES REMEMBEREDYet another caller noted that there were people floating by screaming for help as others went into their attics and onto their roofs in an attempt to escape the rapidly rising waters We have people in water I guess floating that are screaming for help and we we can't get to them the caller explained People are in their attics and on their routes if there's anybody that can get to us with a helicopter or something The dispatcher informed her that help was on the way but that the water was slowing us down a little bit The tree I m in is starting to lean and it s going to fall Is there a helicopter close Bradley Perry a firefighter calmly stated a dispatcher adding that he saw his wife Tina and their RV wash away according to the AP Perry did not survive making him one of the more than people killed in the deadly July floods The AP disclosed that his wife was later detected alive clinging to a tree The Associated Press contributed to this summary