Two brave brothers recalled the harrowing moment they woke up to flood waters surging through their camp cabin in Texas in the middle of the night — forcing them to make the split-second decision to swim for their lives.
Piers and Ruffin Boyett were fast asleep at Camp La Junta in Hunt, Texas, when they awoke at 4 a.m. Friday as the fierce storm raged, causing the waters of Guadalupe River to swell to 26 feet in 45 minutes.
“The flood started getting bigger,” younger brother Piers recounted to local KSAT on Saturday.
“We had bunk beds in our cabins and [the water] was going up to the top bunk and we had one choice — and we had to swim out of our cabin.”
Brothers Piers (left) and Ruffin (right) Boyett were forced to flee their cabin at Camp La Junta — by swimming out. KSAT.com
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