Grieving Texas Man Carried Wife's Lifeless Body Through Flood Waters: 'She Was My Whole Life'
The husband of a Texas flood victim carried his wife's lifeless body through a mile of sunken terrain to save it from being washed away in murky floodwaters on Monday.
Darrell Smith, 48, says he escaped his Breckenridge home with his wife, Kay, and his son, Darrell Jr., just as water began seeping in through their front door. Darrell loaded his family in his pickup truck, driving them to safety, but a surge of water quickly submerged the vehicle.
Darrell and Darrell Jr., 27, managed to free their car doors open, but Kay, 61, couldn't escape.
"I just wish I could have gotten my wife out in time," Darrell, a Breckenridge city water utilities worker, tells PEOPLE through tears. "She was my best friend, my whole life. I'm so used to us being together, I have a hard time functioning without her."
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