Source: Jackie Dunham, CTV News, August 29, 2017
A Houston mother is showing her gratitude towards the local police officers who rescued her eight-month-old daughter after they became separated during the disastrous flooding from Hurricane Harvey this week.
Cpl. Reed Clark was participating in a high-water rescue mission with his fellow Harris County police officers in residential area of Houston on Monday. He told CTV News Channel he was steering a Jet Ski through a neighbourhood with neck-deep water flowing between the houses when he spotted a mother struggling in the currents.
“They’re walking in chest or neck-deep water and that’s when I saw a lady slip down a little bit under the water,” Clark recalled. “She had her baby and she’s holding the baby up.”
Image Source: A photo of Cpl. Reed Clark cradling the baby went viral on Facebook. (Constable Christopher E. Diaz/Facebook)
