Mother Recalls Night Flood Changed Everything

A young mother from Georgia, Bridget Crawford woke up a little after midnight Monday to a clanking noise. She thought it was coming from the kitchen, when she stepped into the kitchen water covered her feet. As she rushed around the house her husband Craig stepped out of the bedroom. They quickly found that the boys bedroom was covered with water. They got their two boys dressed and called Craig's parents who live up the hill and asked them to come help.
The boys, Preston Slade 2-years-old, and Cooper 1-year-old, were already dressed and ready to go.

Within minutes they felt the trailer shift. Looked outside and watched as their car was swept away. They made a decision to either stay in, let the doors close up and they all drown or jump and fight. Craig then pried open the door and then Bridget who was holding Cooper jumped, Craig who was holding Slade followed. The force of the water slammed Bridget into a tree, she fought to hold onto the tree and her little boy. She yelled for Craig who yelled back from another tree. Bridget yelled, "Where's Slade at?" That was when Craig yelled back that he had lost him. Slade had slipped from his grip when he had jumped and an 18-foot wall of water hit them both. For six hours these parents clung to trees while they waited for people to be able to get to them. It was Monday afternoon before they found Slade's body. Slade's funeral has been planned for Thursday. All that remains of where their trailer was is a satellite dish and children's clothes.

When I read this story I thought how was these parents able to survive this. This is the most horrific thing any parent could ever face. My heart truly goes out to them both. I know they may have a very hard road ahead of them but I hope that they can face that road together. As for the father I hope that he is able to realize that it is not his fault. He did the best that anyone could do when faced with this situation.

This is a very sad moment in time that no one wants to remember but I hope that at sometime on Thursday everyone is able to stop for just one minute to thank the lord for everything that they have and to pray for the little boy named Slade that was tragically killed on Monday. Then take just a second to pray for the parents and Cooper who survived, that they can all three make it threw this with each other.