Texas Family Helps Rescue Woman Clinging To Tree After Being Swept 20 Miles Downriver

One Texas family helped prevention a woman's life who was clinging to a character for hours arsenic deadly flash flooding struck Kerr County complete nan weekend. 

The woman, who was swept 20 miles downriver, caught nan Jeter family's attraction erstwhile she saw Carl and began to "scream for help" while he was extracurricular connected his deck. 

"She spotted me, and she started to shriek for help," Carl told "Fox & Friends Weekend" connected Sunday. "At first, I couldn't… find her. I thought she was successful nan stream itself going downstream, and I was like, ‘Oh my gosh,’ and past I yet was capable to look crossed nan stream astatine nan extremity of nan character and I spotted her, truthful I began to telephone retired to her and show her that I spot her… ‘I sewage you. We're going to get you immoderate help. It's going to beryllium okay. Just bent on.'"

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The family was capable to telephone for thief and ultimately, Texas troopers rescued nan female from nan character aft an hours-long nightmare. 

"There were aggregate teams that showed up," Josh said. "There was a Swiftwater Rescue from Bernie, Texas, squad that showed, and past location were immoderate Texas Parks and Wildlife crippled wardens that showed pinch boats arsenic well. We were capable to thief motorboat those boats by manus into nan h2o for them to get successful and rescue her."

"It was conscionable benignant of… you didn't deliberation astir it. You conscionable did what you needed to do to thief them get into nan h2o to prevention this young woman that's clinging to life successful a tree."

Boerne Search and Rescue teams navigate upstream successful an inflatable vessel connected nan flooded Guadalupe River connected July 4, 2025 successful Comfort, Texas. Heavy rainfall caused flooding on nan Guadalupe River successful cardinal Texas pinch aggregate fatalities reported. (Eric Vryn/Getty Images)

The Jeters invited nan female into their location aft nan harrowing rescue. Carl said she was successful "shock."

"She was trim and bruised and banged up from nan trek and cold," he said. "So we wrapped her successful blankets and towels and sewage her into nan house, nan barren spot because it was raining extracurricular astatine nan time, beautiful good."

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"She was conscionable highly upset, concerned, worried, and what person you."

More than 50 group person been confirmed dormant successful Central Texas since nan flash flooding began connected Friday, and authorities are still frantically searching for much still missing. 

There are much than 27 young girls who stay missing successful Kerr County who were staying astatine Camp Mystic, an all-girls backstage Christian retreat in Hunt, Texas. 

Five young girls who were staying astatine that camp person been confirmed dead. Authorities said astir 850 group person been rescued truthful far.

Fox News' Stephen Sorace contributed to this report.