A bedridden Texas father was rescued from the fatal floodwaters by his quick-thinking son-in-law just moments before it would have overtaken his bed.
Sisto Charles, 77, had no way of escaping his San Angelo bed when the floodwater began gushing into the San Angelo home he shares with his family — and 911 wasn’t answering their pleading calls for help, his daughter told The Post.
“I was crying, it was sad,” Rachel Sanchez, the homeowner and her father’s caretaker, explained, adding that, “I’ve lived there for 30 years, and nothing like that has ever happened.”
Sisto Charles, 77, would have “drowned” if his own family didn’t rescue him during the flood, Sanchez said. Courtesy of Rachel Sanchez
The horror unfolded in the family’s home around 4 a.m. — around the same time residents of nearby Kerr County were alerted that the Guadalupe River was surging at an incredible rate.