President Trump in the Texas Hill Country, Meeting w First Responders & Families who Lost Loved Ones
Verdict with Ted Cruz
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🗓️ 14 July 2025
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
President Trump's Visit
- President Trump, accompanied by First Lady Melania Trump and several officials, visited the region a week after the disaster.
- The visit included:
- A helicopter tour of the devastation.
- Meetings with first responders, local leaders, and families of victims.
- A roundtable discussion where Trump emphasized unity and competence in the emergency response.
- Praise for the swift federal response, including deployment of over 400 first responders and 1,500 rescues.
Emotional Testimonies and Heroism
- Senator Ted Cruz shared deeply moving stories:
- The tragedy at Camp Mystic, where 17 young girls and a camp director died. A cabin known as the “Bubble In” was swept away by floodwaters.
- A 14-year-old boy at a nearby boys' camp helped rescue younger children.
- Scott Ruskin, a 25-year-old Coast Guard swimmer, rescued 165 girls from Camp Mystic, comforting them in the dark, rain-soaked night.
- A first-person account from a family caught in the flood described the terrifying moments as their river house was swept away. The story highlighted the survival of a young girl, Rosemary, and the tragic loss of her younger brother, Clay.
Community Response and Support
- The community rallied with extraordinary compassion and support:
- Over $30 million raised in donations, with $5 million already distributed.
- Streets adorned with green ribbons in memory of the lost girls.
- Stories of survivor’s guilt, especially among children, and the long road to healing.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:05.4 | Senator, it's nice to be back with you in studio. |
| 0:08.1 | We're here in Texas. |
| 0:09.6 | It has been a very tough last week. |
| 0:12.1 | You spent a lot of time with victims, families. |
| 0:15.2 | You spent a lot of time with first responders. |
| 0:17.9 | You spent time with local elected officials. |
| 0:20.2 | And even with the president of |
| 0:21.0 | United States American, Kerrville. There's such sad stories that have come out of this tragedy, |
| 0:26.0 | but also a lot of hope for just humanity and seeing people come together. Well, it's been just over |
| 0:32.5 | a week since the horrific flooding in Kerr County and throughout the Hill country had a devastating impact. We are |
| 0:40.9 | still searching at this point for bodies. To date, 129 people have been confirmed, killed in that |
| 0:48.6 | flooding. Many of those were children. There are an additional 173 people that we know of that are still missing. |
| 0:56.2 | Search and rescue teams are out searching right now. Unfortunately, the Hill Country is right now, |
| 1:00.6 | as you and I speak, under another flash flood warning, so they've suspended some of the searches |
| 1:05.2 | because there's heavy rains that are occurring there right now. I could tell you I just today spoke with a family |
| 1:13.0 | whose little girls' remains were discovered yesterday. We're at a stage now. We're far enough away |
| 1:19.8 | that if you have someone missing, the odds are becoming almost unavoidable, that at this point |
| 1:26.6 | it's a search for remains and in some |
| 1:29.8 | instances partial remains. The damage that was done from a massive wall of water, from trees |
| 1:36.2 | and cars and debris is horrific, and we're in the process of picking up and coming back together. On Friday, I joined |
| 1:47.3 | President Trump in going to the Hill Country. We flew down together on Air Force One. The president |
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