Texas Faces of Recovery Fred Morgan, pauses from gutting his father’s home on the of the Blanco River. In Wimberley, the river crested at 43 feet, inundating the house. TEXSAR Volunteer Search & Rescue team member Tiffanie Turner and her search collie, Rowan, scout an area devastated by the Memorial Day flash flood. Ashley Hutter, FEMA Corps Volunteer volunteer because I want to make a difference. I want to create the world that I would like to see.” “I Agapito Bueno Hernandez from Corpus Christi shares his flood survival story with Helen Pintos, a FEMA Disaster Survivor Assistance Team member. Emarah Cousar, FEMA Corps member volunteer because I like making a difference.” “I Courtney Goss, Wimberley Volunteer Resource Center Coordinator were just neighbors helping neighbors and we just did what we had to do.” “We Carmen and Paul Polhemus sought refuge in the limbs of this tree and watched as the flood waters topped their roof, before swimming to the safety of a neighbor’s home. time we’ve hit a road block, we just tell one another, on swimming.’” “Every ‘Keep Malik Sackson, AmeriCorps member I see other people smile, it gives me motivation to keep going.” “When J.J. Fequiere, Disaster Survivor Assistance Team member and native Creole speaker, love my job because day I have the honor of helping people.” “I
Texas Faces of Recovery Fred Morgan, pauses from gutting his father’s home on the of the Blanco River. In Wimberley, the river crested at 43 feet, inundating the house. TEXSAR Volunteer Search & Rescue team member Tiffanie Turner and her search collie, Rowan, scout an area devastated by the Memorial Day flash flood. Ashley Hutter, FEMA Corps Volunteer “I volunteer because I want to make a difference. I want to create the world that I would like to see.” Agapito Bueno Hernandez from Corpus Christi shares his flood survival story with Helen Pintos, a FEMA Disaster Survivor Assistance Team member. Emarah Cousar, FEMA Corps member “I volunteer because I like making a difference.” Courtney Goss, Wimberley Volunteer Resource Center Coordinator “We were just neighbors helping neighbors and we just did what we had to do.” Carmen and Paul Polhemus sought refuge in the limbs of this tree and watched as the flood waters topped their roof, before swimming to the safety of a neighbor’s home. “Every time we’ve hit a road block, we just tell one another, ‘Keep on swimming.’” Malik Sackson, AmeriCorps member “When I see other people smile, it gives me motivation to keep going.” J.J. Fequiere, Disaster Survivor Assistance Team member and native Creole speaker, “I love my job because day I have the honor of helping people.”
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