9-year-old boy recalls escaping summer camp during devastating floods whilst brother, 7, was in the cabin next to him

A nine-year-old boy has recalled the terrifying moment he and his young brother were evacuated from summer camp amid the catastrophic Texas flash floods.

The death toll has risen to more than 100 after the banks of the Guadalupe River burst in the early hours of Friday morning (4 July) and floodwater rose 26 feet (eight metres) in just 45 minutes.

Search and rescue teams are still desperately looking for those who are missing, including 10 girls and one counsellor from Camp Mystic - a Christian all-girls summer camp located near the river.

Two young brothers, Braeden and Brock Davis, were attending another summer camp on the river, Camp La Junta, when the disaster unfolded.

Nine-year-old Braeden told CBS News: “For me, the whole time I didn't really know what was going on until people came into our cabin and like the director, Scott, he told us that there was a flood, but to be honest, I didn't really know what was going on.”

His seven-year-old little brother Brock, who was in a neighbouring cabin however, was more aware of what was going on.

In a TV interview with CBS Morning's co-host Gayle King, he told the news outlet: “When I woke up, I turned my flashlight on and I think I saw water like outside and then like we had to get on the rafters."

Their mother, Keli Rabon, who appeared alongside them for the interview, explained how Brock had to escape by climbing from the bottom bunk to the top and then to the rafters to ‘avoid the water’.

She admitted: “As a mom, that sounds quite terrifying. I think he's still processing."

The little ones had only been at the camp for one full day and Rabon received a text explaining what had happened but that they were both okay.

Meanwhile, Bradenton’s main concern was the safety of his sibling, whose cabin was ‘in the middle of the flood’.

He recalled: “Well, when they were saying like cabin six was like in the middle of the flood, I was like, 'That's crazy because my little brother was in that cabin.'

Braeden and Brock Davis were attending Camp La Junta when the flooding began (CBS Mornings)

“It's basically just flat ground, so imagine water coming there and the current is just rushing and rushing and you have no idea what's going on.”

He continued: “So I just imagine Brock - to be honest, I was more worried about Brock than myself."

Braden and Brock were reunited with their mum not long after - a moment which she described as a ‘sense of joy and relief’.

However, she described a sense of ‘survivor’s guilt’ because of all of the other families in the area who are still searching for their children.

“There are kids from around the country that go to these camps and so so many are really hurting right now and so we just ask that the entire country just really wrap us in your love and in your prayers,” she added.

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