Three year old found clinging to mother's body in Texas flood

Such sad news being reported about the Texas floods. Our thoughts are with all the people involved.

Reports today that a three-year-old girl was found clinging to the body of her drowned mother in a canal in southeast Texas, she was likely saved by her mum’s effort to carry her child to safety from floods, police said.

Police in the city of Beaumont yesterday identified the mother as 41-year-old Colette Sulcer and said her daughter was being treated for hypothermia but doing well, reports AP.

When rescuers found the mother and daughter, the girl was on her mother’s back, holding on, said police officer Haley Morrow.

“I envision what I would do if that was me in that situation and that’s what I would do: I would put my child on my back and try to swim to safety or whatever,” Morrow said.

Morrow said the woman’s actions probably saved her little girl’s life. “When they found her she was still up out of the water,” Morrow said.

At least 25 people have been killed by Hurricane Harvey since Friday, when it made landfall in Texas as a Category Four hurricane.

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17 Comments

- - ella12 said
  - 04 Sep 2017
    4:19 pm
This is just horrific but what a wonderful mother for saving her daughter.

- - taynik46 said
  - 03 Sep 2017
    11:00 am
oh my goodness this is a heartbreaking story to read, I can’t even begin to imagine their fear and struggle. I do hope that the little girls recovers and has family around to support her and love her through this. What a brave mum she had

- - mom183717 said
  - 02 Sep 2017
    1:20 pm
such a devastating story so sad

- - nadine_hill said
  - 01 Sep 2017
    8:37 am
Such an extremely sad story! My thoughts and prayers are with all those affected by this terrible situation!

- - mom94125 said
  - 01 Sep 2017
    8:26 am
oh wow, this is just really sad to think about but at the end of the day, the mother did manage to save her daughter’s life. That is so brave of her. I hope that the child will be ok somehow

- - Ellen said
  - 01 Sep 2017
    4:02 am
Glad this child was saved, but growing up without her mum is so sad indeed. My thoughts and prayers are with the families who lost loved ones.

- - nealsq said
  - 01 Sep 2017
    1:38 am
oh no how sad

- - momlynneymom said
  - 31 Aug 2017
    10:59 pm
this is the saddest story

- - june11 said
  - 31 Aug 2017
    9:36 pm
Such a tragedy that so many lives have been lost. One such miracle must lift the spirits of the rescue crews

- - mom90758 said
  - 31 Aug 2017
    8:03 pm
Really sad. His mum saved his life. What a disaster in Texas.

- - BellaB said
  - 31 Aug 2017
    7:11 pm
How sad. I hope she values her mother’s actions.

- - mom160421 said
  - 31 Aug 2017
    6:28 pm
This is heartbreaking. I feel so sorry for all those who have been affected by the cyclone and flood waters. A horrible thing to go through.

- - mom112217 said
  - 31 Aug 2017
    6:20 pm
Glad the young girl was found alive but heart breaking to read.

- - mom206279 said
  - 31 Aug 2017
    5:39 pm
What a brave mum. Such a sad ending.

- - natct said
  - 31 Aug 2017
    4:11 pm
Hope the child recovers well and the people get the help they need this time.