Former San Francisco Giants pitcher Tyler Walker flew to Texas over the weekend along with his spouse and pals to seek for his brother Mark, sister-in-law Sara and 14-year-old nephew Johnny, who’re all lacking after their trip dwelling was destroyed within the lethal Fourth of July floods in Texas.
“[Mark, Sara and Johnny are] lacking and never recognized but, so we’re ready on that,” Kathy Walker, Tyler and Mark’s mother, informed the Marin Unbiased Journal from her dwelling in San Rafael, Calif on Tuesday.
Walker, who performed for the Giants from 2004-08, and his spouse picked up their niece, 16-year-old Ellie, who survived flooding at Waldemar Camp — which is close by the household’s trip dwelling, “River Home,” alongside the Guadalupe River.
“All we are able to do is wait and pray for a miracle at this level. In a state of affairs like that, ready to seek out out if her dad and mother or brother, it’s simply, it’s simply dreadful,” Kathy stated, including that she spoke with Tyler on Sunday.
“They’re doing what they’ll to look on the river. He stated there’s simply a lot devastation it’s unattainable to grasp. The particles piles in all places, automobiles and timber and limbs. Simply every little thing is piled up.”
Kathy added that a few of Ellie’s pals from the summer time camp are along with her whereas Walker, Sara and their household pals proceed looking for her mother and father and brother.
“She does have assist, however not sufficient — there’s by no means sufficient,” Kathy stated, including that Ellie is “distraught” and praying onerous. “In a state of affairs like that — ready to seek out out if her dad and mother or brother — it’s simply, it’s simply dreadful.”
Kathy informed reporters she had been in common contact with Mark final week, however hasn’t heard from him after the flash flooding early on the Fourth of July.
Throughout a information convention on Monday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom confirmed that Mark, Sara and Johnny have been lacking and that their households are shut.
“Mark, his spouse, and his 14-year-old son who was very shut with so many youngsters, together with my very own son, within the Marin County space, they’re lacking,” Newsom stated. “Fortunately, their 16-year-old daughter was discovered. It’s simply one other reminder of how devastating this tragedy is and clearly continues to unfold in simply excruciating methods. Anybody with youngsters understands that.”
Ellie’s camp was separate from Camp Mystic, a ladies’ summer time camp in Kerr County the place at the least 27 campers and counselors died within the floods.
Kathy stated somebody despatched her a photograph of the stays of her son’s dwelling.
“It’s crashed and gone,” she stated.
A number of vigils have been held for the Walkers.
At the least 120 folks have been confirmed lifeless after the flash floods hit Central Texas, in accordance with native regulation enforcement and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.
As of Thursday, first responders are looking for 170 folks nonetheless lacking, in accordance with CBS.
