The Texas floods have stolen more than homes—they’ve stolen futures. For the Harber family, the tragedy is unbearable: two daughters gone, and grandparents missing. Blair, 13, and Brooke, 11, were found 15 miles apart from where the floodwaters snatched them away, their hands still clasped in death as they had been in life.
Their parents, R.J. and Annie, barely escaped the same fate. Awakened by the storm, they fought through rising water to reach their children, but the flood was too fast, too fierce. By the time rescuers arrived, it was too late. Now, the family faces another agonizing wait—the search for Mike and Charlene, the girls’ grandparents, who vanished in the same disaster.
A fundraiser for the Harbers has drawn an outpouring of support, with strangers donating nearly $170,000 to help cover costs and aid the search. Photos of the sisters—grinning in holiday pajamas, hugging their grandparents—serve as painful reminders of what was lost.
As Texas grapples with the flood’s devastation, the Harbers’ story stands as one of the most heartbreaking. Their faith, their love, and their unbreakable family bonds are now their only comfort in an unthinkable tragedy.
