The audio recordings obtained by ABC News revealed, for the first time, some desperate moments faced by the inhabitants of Hill Control, as flood water broke out throughout Texas on July 4.
“We really need someone,” one of the callers told the sender. “My friend is currently stuck in a tree on the current.”
Another resident said that the man was stuck “in the middle of the river.”
Boerne’s search and rescue teams move in a blowable boat on the Guadalobi River, which was flooded on July 4, 2025 in COMFORT, Texas. Heavy rains caused floods along the Guadalobi River in central Texas with multiple death mentioned.
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These calls are among more than 100 audio recording and 911 from the Hard-Hit Kerrville-issued by Boerne in response to the request of ABC News.
ABC News also requested 911 calls and a voice sent from Care County. The boycott did not respond to the request.
Boerne deals with emergency communications in Kendall Province, which borders CARE and was also affected by the tragic floods.
Some recordings show clear confusion among some residents of Kendall Province about evacuation and road closure orders during the flood of July 4.
“Do I go to pajamas? Do I take a shower first? How long do I have?” One of the callers asked one of the messengers after being warned by a person who patrols on her street to prepare for the evacuation.
Drink drone views on the road, as a result of sudden floods, in COMFORT, Texas, July 5, 2025.
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Some callers said they heard about social media evacuation, such as YouTube and Facebook, but they were not sure whether the requests that were applied to their area were.
In one call, a woman told a child to a 911 operator that her house was overwhelming.
“We cannot go anywhere,” she said.
More than 130 people died in the floods of July 4 – with more than 100 deaths in Kiir Province. Nine deaths were reported in Kendall Province. This month, officials said that the number of people who believe that they were missing decreased from nearly 100 to three.
Records also provide an insight into the Kendall County Police response and their connections to other provinces.
“We have identified a body,” said one of the Poerne Police Administration Sessels for the law enforcement representative in Kiir Province. “He will definitely be a mired victim or a victim of floods.”
In another registration, one of the caller stated that he was early today, he was just a foot away from a corpse at home. The sender told him that the first respondents are facing a problem in reaching his property because the road was not walking.
In addition, records show how emergency orders were passed from one local agency to another – and sometimes they seemed to meet the resistance.
In an early 4 -year -old call, one of the Perist messengers told another response that the Ministry of Empowerment Fire in Kendall Province had reported a warning from CARE province that the water was rising and reaching Pueren within four to six hours.
“They are asking – no, they say – we need to close all crossings,” the sender said.
Boerne’s search and rescue teams move in a blowable boat on the Guadalobi River, which was flooded on July 4, 2025 in COMFORT, Texas. Heavy rains caused floods along the Guadalobi River in central Texas with multiple death mentioned.
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“What? What are the crossings?” The other first response on the line was asked for an exciting tone. He sighed and added, “With what?”
After about 20 minutes, he asked the first respondent from Pueren’s police: “Did you open a call sheet for that b ——- Water flooding things?” Then he explained, “We are not on that, right?”
Although the initial rescue operations were revealed, the first respondents and 911 sender discussed problems in the province’s emergency communications and coordination of response.
In one call, one of the messengers noted that the phone line in the Guadalobi River State park has decreased. Elsewhere, the first respondent contacted the number 911 to increase fears with the local emergency operations center calls.
The first respondent said: “We have updated and gave the trend several times, and it has been done … every time a different person is there.”
He suggested merging call papers to organize and unify the response to emergency situations better, which the sender answered: “This will be something.”
The first respondent said at the end of the call, “Perhaps we can go through this in the future, and how we can do this differently.” “We all have something to bring after work.”