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Jessica Drye Turner, who lives in Texas, shared her family’s heartbreaking story on Facebook.
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Turner initially asked friends and family for prayers for her sister, nephew, and parents who were stuck on the roof of their house in Asheville, North Carolina. She detailed how her family sat trapped with only the clothes on their backs and one working phone, while they waited to be rescued.
In a tragic update, which she later explained she received through a third party, Turner shared her parents and nephew drowned and though her sister, Megan, ended up wedged between “something,” she was later rescued.
After the initial shock wore off, Turner shared another update on Facebook, this time with more details.
“I need to clarify some details about what occurred,” she wrote. “My updates transpired after I was told information. All details I received were from 3rd parties until I heard directly from my sister. What actually transpired is worse but I feel I need to let all of you know.”
Although Turner first said the roof her family was sitting on collapsed, that was not the case. The house did, dropping her sister, seven-year-old nephew and parents who were in their 70s into the floodwaters.
“Mama was clinging onto micah and daddy was struggling to hold onto Megan. He kept panicking and pushing her under.”