"Once we learned [Kerr County was] affected, we knew we had to come down here. We know this was a mission to come and help our brothers," Aldaba said. "We just [wanted] to make sure that we can work as fast as we can and try to make some headway with all the things we had to do."
"We know this was a mission to come and help our brothers."
Heavy thunderstorms over the Fourth of July weekend caused the Guadalupe River in Texas's Hill Country to rise about 26 feet in less than an hour. At least 135 people, including 37 children, perished, making it the deadliest inland flood event in the United States since 1976. Many victims were young girls whose summer camp cabins sat in designated flood zones along the river. Volunteers rushed to help, including Mexican nonprofits. Fundación 911 sent a 40-person crew from Ciudad Acuña carrying cadaver dogs and fast-water rescue specialists. International aid relationships with the United States have become more fraught in recent years.
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