{"id":1532,"date":"2025-07-09T15:47:51","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T15:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/?p=1532"},"modified":"2025-07-09T15:47:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T15:47:51","slug":"texas-dads-heartbreaking-voicemail-to-his-kids-as-deadly-floods-swept-him-and-wife-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/?p=1532","title":{"rendered":"Texas dad\u2019s heartbreaking voicemail to his kids as deadly floods swept him and wife away"},"content":{"rendered":"

As floodwaters surged through central Texas last Friday, a father\u2019s final moments were marked by a desperate act of love that now haunts those he left behind.<\/p>\n

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Jeff Ramsey, 61, and his wife Tanya, 46, were asleep in their Airstream trailer at HTR RV Park in Kerrville when the Guadalupe River rapidly overflowed. In the pre-dawn chaos, a wall of water tore through the site, demolishing everything in its path. But before it consumed their trailer, Jeff picked up his phone.<\/p>\n

He knew there might be no way out. Still, he made one final call \u2014 not to seek help, but to say goodbye.<\/p>\n

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\u201cBuddy. I love you so much. It doesn\u2019t look like we are going to make it. Tell Rachey I love her,\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jeff said in a voicemail left for his son Jake. The panic in Jeff\u2019s voice was unmistakable \u2014 something Jake told the *New York Post* he had never heard from his father before.
\nThen Jeff left another message for his daughter, Rachel. In the background, as the floodwaters crashed in, Tanya\u2019s screams filled the recording.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019re dying, we\u2019re dying!\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It was the last time anyone would hear from them.<\/p>\n

Jake later discovered that an emergency alert from the RV park had arrived \u2014 but only after the trailer was already gone. The timing was cruel. Jeff had already begun recording his goodbye by the time the evacuation notice came through.<\/p>\n

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But even in his final moments, Jeff tried to help others. He called Tanya\u2019s brother and mother, who were staying in a nearby cabin. That call woke them up. The structure they were in was later found completely destroyed.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe rescued them because they would have slept in and they would have washed away,\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jake said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe saved their lives.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Tanya\u2019s body was recovered and identified by her tattoos. Jeff remains missing.<\/p>\n

Jake and Rachel say Tanya was more than a stepmother \u2014 she was simply their mom. A breast cancer survivor, Tanya managed a wig shop in Dallas, supporting other women through treatment and recovery. Jeff, meanwhile, was a longtime insurance salesman and dedicated volunteer at the Adaptive Training Foundation, a gym in Dallas that helps amputees and individuals with physical challenges rebuild strength and mobility.<\/p>\n

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Jeff\u2019s friend, Morris Brossette, paid tribute to him on Facebook:<\/p>\n

\u201cYou will be hard pressed to find a man with a bigger servant\u2019s heart\u2026 Rest easy my brother, we will carry your name on with love and light.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Amid the devastation, the family found one small miracle. Chloe, the couple\u2019s beloved rescue whippet, was found alive at a local shelter.<\/p>\n

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Still, the grief is raw. Jake says his father\u2019s death was preventable \u2014 and he\u2019s frustrated that lives were lost because of delayed warnings.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only thing I\u2019m aware of that was done was my dad was sent a text after it was already too late,\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe already said goodbye to me and my sister.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

At a memorial service, Jake spoke with Texas state Sen. Tan Parker, who assured him that changes to the alert system would be made. But Jake says the damage is done.<\/p>\n

In a storm that left more than 100 dead across Texas, Jeff Ramsey\u2019s voice lives on \u2014 not just as a farewell, but as a symbol of a father\u2019s love that refused to stay silent, even in the face of catastrophe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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