video might have been the last thing linda bryant filmed before she died. you could hear the fear in her voice. well, if anyone seen me on facebook live, we re being flooded right now. in waverly. this is varry. reporter: her son wished he had more time. i screamed for my mom a couple times but i didn t see her. and i just knew i had to fight for myself. reporter: the 55-year-old was among 18 people who died after unprecedented flash floods in this rural county of tennessee where rico was raised. as the water started to rise, he drove to his childhood moem looking for his mom. there he found jeff, a man he never met but had a boat. together they jumped in and started pulling people out of the water. i know we helped people. and to hear them scared and in fear for their lives, i think we helped get them to safety.
named thomas. he was talking to our photo journalist, and he was telling him about how he was able to survive. so he was at his house. the waters were quickly approaching. he was there with his mother. they were hanging on to the side of their house for 30 minutes. they saw another homecoming toward them in the flood waters. it was on fire. they decided to let go. then the flood waters carried them to this house that stopped right against this gas station on the corner is where they hit the house. and this is what thomas said happened next. we hit the corner of the house, and as i hit it, it dragged both of us under. and i was probably under i don t know, 30, 35 seconds. and i came out over here. and i looked around and screamed for my mom a couple times. i didn t see her, and that instant, i knew i had to fight for myself. he said when he came back above water, he called for his
i didn t know his parents very well. i talked to his mom a couple times, but i didn t really have much conversation with them when we were there. little was known about his parents, and charlie didn t offer any details if someone asked. if he had secrets, sorrows, they weren t for the outside world to know about. he s very good at like keeping his emotions in. i have no idea what the home situation is like. i didn t know before, and i don t know now. other than a few 911 dispatchers, and a few town officers, the wider community certainly knew nothing about the whispers of domestic violence on coachside lane. it s a tough part of his life. the record is still sealed, but it s safe to say the tan house was known to authorities. go back to cornell. it s winter of 2015 and charlie is now a sophomore. on a chilly thursday morning he stopped in unexpectedly to visit his football coach. there is a softer side to this coach than drills and xs and os,
thrived. the home radiated upper middle class comfort. his friend anna had been there on occasion. i went over to his house. i didn t know his parents very well. i talked to his mom a couple times, but i didn t really have much conversation with them when we were there. little was known about his parents, and charlie didn t offer any details if someone asked. if he had secrets, sorrows, they weren t for the outside world to know about. he s very good at like keeping his emotions in. i have no idea what the home situation is like. i didn t know before, and i don t know now. other than a few 911 dispatchers, and a few town officers, the wider community certainly knew nothing about the whispers of domestic violence on coachside lane. it s a tough part of his life. the record is still sealed, but it s safe to say the tan house was known to authorities. go back to cornell. it s winter of 2015 and charlie
i didn t know his parents very well. i talked to his mom a couple times, but i didn t really have much conversation with them when we were there. little was known about his parents, and charlie didn t offer any details if someone asked. if he had secrets, sorrows, they weren t for the outside world to know about. he s very good at like keeping his emotions in. i have no idea what the home situation is like. i didn t know before, and i don t know now. other than a few 911 dispatchers, and a few town officers, the wider community certainly knew nothing about the whispers of domestic violence on coachside lane. it s a tough part of his life. the record is still sealed, but it s safe to say the tan house was known to authorities. go back to cornell. it s winter of 2015 and charlie is now a sophomore. on a chilly thursday morning he stopped in unexpectedly to visit his football coach.