TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) – Sherry McCutcheon dropped off her mom, Betty West, at home after spending July 4 together. Instead of hot dogs and hamburgers, they opted for Chinese food.
“Mama loved Chinese food,” McCutcheon said. “[It was] her last meal.”
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McCutcheon had no idea that a few hours after dropping her mom off, the creek behind her house would surge. She said it flooded before, but never to the point of needing to evacuate.
“I went to sleep with the ringer off, and I woke up about three o’clock [a.m.] like I always do, and then I noticed my mama called and left a message. I [also] had two texts from my brothers, and then nothing,” she said…