One Texas flood survivor was forced to go to extreme lengths to survive the deadly flash flooding after he realized even first responders couldn’t help him.
Christian Fell broke through a window in a house and clung to a meter box for hours to survive the fatal high-rise waters. He spoke with « FOX & Friends » to discuss the harrowing experience, crediting God for his ability to stay afloat.
« I just kind of saw the window was broken, and that was just kind of a light bulb moment, and I had nowhere else to go, » Fell told Lawrence Jones on Monday.
« I realized I couldn’t just sit there and swim for three or four hours until the water went away or someone came to save me. I went outside and just held on to the side of the building. »
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Fell said he heard a thunderstorm late at night leading up to the flash flooding, but he was not prepared for what the « strange noises » would foreshadow shortly thereafter.
« I start hearing these really strange noises coming from deeper in the house, and originally I thought someone broke into the house, » he said. « So I get up and I swing my feet over the side of the bed and that’s when I realized I was standing in water up to my ankle. »
« I tried to open the door, and just a wall of water starts rushing in at me, and that brought it up to probably about my waist, » he recalled. « I try to go back to my bedroom, and by this point, there’s furniture floating, and I’m having to crawl over it to get through the doorways, and I finally get back to the bedroom. »
By this point, Fell had called 911, but he knew he would have to save himself if he was going to survive the ravaging waters.
« I tried to throw all my belongings onto the air mattress because it’s floating, » he said. « And by this point, the air mattress was well above my head, so I couldn’t climb onto it. So I was trying to climb onto a wooden dresser to get onto the air mattress, but that just kept rotating and tumbling underneath me. »
« And I was on the phone with 911, and I just kind of realized it couldn’t really do anything for me, » he added. « And that’s kind of when I realized I had to save myself or keep myself alive until they could come and rescue me. »
Jones asked who Fell credits for his survival.
« God. I think that’s pretty much it, » he responded.
« It was unbelievable. I don’t really know if I believe it just yet. »
More than 80 people in Central Texas have died as a result of the flash floods as officials search for dozens still missing.
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Publish date : 2025-07-07 15:39:00
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