A Texas dad of two died while trying to save his family from the devastating flooding — nearly cutting his arm “clean off” when he punched through a window as their home quickly filled with water.
Julian Ryan, 27, his mother, his fiancée Christinia Wilson, and the couple’s 6-year-old and 13-month-old children all huddled in the bedroom of their trailer home in Ingram as the surging waters of the Guadalupe River shocked them awake at 4 a.m. Friday, according to The New York Times.
“It just started pouring in, and we had to fight the door to get it closed to make sure not too much got in,” Wilson told local KHOU.
Julian Ryan died after saving his family from the deadly flood waters in Texas on July 4, 2025. GoFundMe
With his two babies already perched on a floating mattress, the door of the bedroom burst open, flooding the