Crystal City mom recalls helicopter crew rescuing her family from floodwaters

threat Friday morning around 10 a.m., her neighbor called just in time to say the Nueces River was speeding her way.

“A wall of water (was) just coming towards us,” Bookout said. “And by the time we saw it within 10 minutes, it was a foot in our house, and I mean up to my chest outside. That’s how quick it happened.”

Bookout said she and her husband continue reading …