1 00:00:04,480 --> 00:00:06,640 Speaker 1: It's that time, time, time. 2 00:00:06,559 --> 00:00:13,920 Speaker 2: Time, luck and load. So Michael Arry Show is on 3 00:00:14,040 --> 00:00:14,440 Speaker 2: the air. 4 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:36,960 Speaker 1: Jiman, did you know that if a jellyfish stings you, 5 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:40,760 Speaker 1: you just need to peel on it. The problem is 6 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:43,120 Speaker 1: where do you find that jellyfish again? Because he's way 7 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:50,960 Speaker 1: out in the ocean. A friend of mine called me 8 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:54,959 Speaker 1: to tell me his sweetish car broke down and all 9 00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:58,240 Speaker 1: the details about what a hasslet caused him, And I said, 10 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:05,399 Speaker 1: nobody wants to hear your sob story. My buddy took 11 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:08,400 Speaker 1: his girlfriend of the baseball game last night, said they 12 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:13,240 Speaker 1: had a great time. He kissed her between the strikes 13 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:15,880 Speaker 1: and she kissed him. Betwe nevermind. 14 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:16,520 Speaker 2: We thought you. 15 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:22,559 Speaker 1: A family program. That's a family program. Marcus Latrell will 16 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:29,240 Speaker 1: be at nine fifteen, Susan will be at nine oh seven. Susan, 17 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:32,440 Speaker 1: you are on the Michael Berry Show. Go ahead, sweetheart, 18 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:34,559 Speaker 1: Good morning. 19 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:38,280 Speaker 3: Michael. You were talking earlier about those lives lost in 20 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:41,720 Speaker 3: the flood and that the three people they're still searching 21 00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:47,320 Speaker 3: for that they would finally have closure. Michael, there's no 22 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:51,880 Speaker 3: such thing as closer. My husband and I have two daughters. 23 00:01:52,160 --> 00:01:54,280 Speaker 3: One of our daughters was killed in a car wreck 24 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 3: two years and seven months ago, eight months ago, tomorrow 25 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:03,760 Speaker 3: and burned up in that vehicle. There's no closure, Michael, 26 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:05,840 Speaker 3: she's never coming back. 27 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 1: Tell people that tell me that, I'll tell you that. Yeah, 28 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 1: I'm sorry, Go ahead, you're good. 29 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:20,320 Speaker 3: All the people that tell you if you need anything, 30 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 3: just let me know, they're just trying to say kind words. 31 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:27,799 Speaker 3: But you won't be surprised that, or maybe you would 32 00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:30,080 Speaker 3: be surprised at all. The people that disappear out of 33 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:33,959 Speaker 3: your life after something like that. They don't come around, 34 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:40,960 Speaker 3: they don't call, they're just absent. So you just sometimes 35 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:44,480 Speaker 3: really feel quite alone. I sent you an email a 36 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:47,120 Speaker 3: couple of weeks ago. It was pretty lengthy. I know 37 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:51,360 Speaker 3: you don't read lengthy ones, but I don't even know 38 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:54,600 Speaker 3: if I did it right. I'm sixty six years old, 39 00:02:54,680 --> 00:02:58,600 Speaker 3: so the phone is not my best friend for trying 40 00:02:58,639 --> 00:02:59,320 Speaker 3: to figure out how. 41 00:02:59,280 --> 00:02:59,919 Speaker 4: To do stuff. 42 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:07,520 Speaker 1: So, but susan scary every day for somebody who has 43 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:11,480 Speaker 1: lost a loved one recently, You've learned something about yourself 44 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:13,960 Speaker 1: and about the grieving process that you could never have 45 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 1: known until you go through it. What would you say 46 00:03:16,919 --> 00:03:19,960 Speaker 1: to somebody who that's going to happen to in the future. 47 00:03:22,639 --> 00:03:24,960 Speaker 3: I'm going to tell them that God doesn't give you 48 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:29,680 Speaker 3: anything more than what you can handle. You can handle it. 49 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:33,920 Speaker 3: It's pretty tough, but God makes us pretty darn strong. 50 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:36,800 Speaker 3: And the things that we don't think that we can 51 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:43,680 Speaker 3: make it through, we do make it through. And it's 52 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:46,840 Speaker 3: I mean, if I didn't have God in my life, 53 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:49,320 Speaker 3: I'd be one lost Buffy. I'll tell you. 54 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:53,800 Speaker 1: That, Susan, thank you for the cost we heart. God, 55 00:03:53,840 --> 00:03:59,240 Speaker 1: bless you. I love my kiddos more than anything in 56 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:01,520 Speaker 1: the world. I know you do too as well. Let's 57 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:05,040 Speaker 1: go to Craig greg Girl on the Michael Berry Show. 58 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:11,560 Speaker 2: Go ahead, Oh, Michael, Uh, I want to start with amen. Amen, 59 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:17,960 Speaker 2: brother God. God is great, God His glory. Okay. 60 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 4: So I was coming through Houston Saturday morning in a 61 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:24,320 Speaker 4: hurry to get down of my little man. 62 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:25,680 Speaker 2: That guy's got me bothered. 63 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:30,039 Speaker 4: Down my little place and flashes and I was in 64 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:33,599 Speaker 4: a rush. Had my crew sat on eighty eighty miles 65 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:38,080 Speaker 4: an hour, and as I would come traffic was pretty light. 66 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:40,760 Speaker 4: As I would come on traffic, I would use my 67 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:42,640 Speaker 4: turn signal, but I would pass them sometimes you can 68 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:46,800 Speaker 4: accelerate and uh, getting in about about kid well, I 69 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:50,600 Speaker 4: noticed the motorcycle coming up behind me, and I yielded 70 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:52,680 Speaker 4: to that motorcycle, but the motorcycle didn't pass me. He 71 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:55,400 Speaker 4: stayed behind me, or it stayed behind me. So I 72 00:04:55,520 --> 00:04:58,200 Speaker 4: was coming up on another car. Now turned my signal. 73 00:04:58,360 --> 00:04:59,880 Speaker 4: I got back in the left lane and I accelerated 74 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:04,360 Speaker 4: on that car and uh sooner after that motorcycle had some. 75 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:08,520 Speaker 2: Ready blue license. It was a police officer. So the 76 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:09,479 Speaker 2: police officer. 77 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:10,640 Speaker 4: Pulled me over and I got off the highway, got 78 00:05:10,640 --> 00:05:13,560 Speaker 4: off the feederoe got into a motive parking lot and 79 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:17,359 Speaker 4: he asked for my license and insurance. Well, my insurance 80 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:19,680 Speaker 4: was but I had I assured him I had insurance. 81 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:23,920 Speaker 4: And anyway, make a long story short as I can. 82 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:26,800 Speaker 4: He went back to his motorcycle, and he came back 83 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:30,280 Speaker 4: a couple of months later and he said, I'm gonna 84 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:32,880 Speaker 4: let you go with a warning. And it was his 85 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:35,440 Speaker 4: officer was mister Taylor with the Houston Police Department. 86 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:38,760 Speaker 2: And I want to thank mister Taylor for. 87 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:41,600 Speaker 4: Cuting out slack because I was just kind of absent 88 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:43,159 Speaker 4: mind of being stupid. I was being safe, but I 89 00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:47,080 Speaker 4: was being stupid. And but those people like that, I really. 90 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:51,880 Speaker 1: But that's all I got Mike, let me ask you this, 91 00:05:52,160 --> 00:05:55,239 Speaker 1: Uh what what? What had were you speeding? 92 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:55,880 Speaker 2: Is that? What was going? 93 00:05:57,680 --> 00:05:59,560 Speaker 4: Yes, I was doing eighty and the sixty five. 94 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:04,120 Speaker 1: And you were in what were you driving? 95 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:08,880 Speaker 2: A pickup truck? 96 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:13,960 Speaker 1: You know, I don't know how your vehicle drives. But 97 00:06:14,680 --> 00:06:17,279 Speaker 1: when I was younger, I prided myself on speeding. I 98 00:06:17,279 --> 00:06:19,960 Speaker 1: thought it was cool, and I bragged on it. And 99 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:23,040 Speaker 1: now I'm such an old fuddy dud, and I wanted 100 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:25,360 Speaker 1: to be. You know, my kids were at an age 101 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:27,400 Speaker 1: for those number of years that I knew they were 102 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:30,320 Speaker 1: watching how Dad drives, and I didn't want them to 103 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:32,719 Speaker 1: think that driving like a maniac or above the speed 104 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:35,400 Speaker 1: limit was a good idea. So I was a very 105 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:37,680 Speaker 1: careful driver. And they'll tell you that today. When I 106 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:39,440 Speaker 1: was younger, that was not true. I thought it was 107 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 1: cool to be a reckless driver and a fast driver. 108 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:46,600 Speaker 1: But I changed that because I knew that I had 109 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:49,560 Speaker 1: two little ones in the backseat that were going to 110 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:52,320 Speaker 1: do what I did when they got behind the wheel, 111 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:55,279 Speaker 1: and I didn't want one of them to hurt themselves 112 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:59,720 Speaker 1: or someone else because they were mimicking Dad when Dad 113 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:02,919 Speaker 1: could taught them a better way to do it. But 114 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:05,880 Speaker 1: you know, my wife and I were out in a 115 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:09,320 Speaker 1: crowd on Saturday afternoon and we were at a market 116 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:13,840 Speaker 1: and there was a lady who said to her daughter, 117 00:07:13,880 --> 00:07:16,280 Speaker 1: her daughter had kind of wandered off and she got 118 00:07:16,280 --> 00:07:19,280 Speaker 1: her back, and she said, if that happens again, who 119 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:21,440 Speaker 1: do you ask for help? It was a police officer 120 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:24,480 Speaker 1: over to the side, and she said, you asked a 121 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:31,880 Speaker 1: guy in the uniform. Now, it's not in every community 122 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:34,920 Speaker 1: that people learn that a police officer is there to 123 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:39,480 Speaker 1: help you, But that officer did more at that moment 124 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:44,800 Speaker 1: to make you a partner with You know, you talk 125 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:48,800 Speaker 1: about real community oriented policing. Lee Brown talked about it, 126 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:52,680 Speaker 1: but didn't put it into practice. An officer that can 127 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:55,600 Speaker 1: show kindness even if he had written you a ticket. 128 00:07:55,640 --> 00:07:58,000 Speaker 1: An officer that can show kindness in the midst of 129 00:07:58,040 --> 00:08:02,000 Speaker 1: a difficult job and stress goes further to help preventing 130 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:05,520 Speaker 1: crime than anything else you can do. Thanks for the crow. 131 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:08,680 Speaker 1: Marcus Patrell is our guest coming up. 132 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:10,080 Speaker 2: Must be right. 133 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:18,760 Speaker 5: You were listening to Michael Barry. 134 00:08:19,720 --> 00:08:22,760 Speaker 1: You've been back five segments and you already screwed up. 135 00:08:24,760 --> 00:08:28,400 Speaker 1: My goodness, everybody heard it. Everybody heard it, everybody noticed, 136 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:30,280 Speaker 1: and it was the intro for Marcus Trel. I wanted 137 00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:32,560 Speaker 1: us to put our best foot forward, and what do 138 00:08:32,640 --> 00:08:34,800 Speaker 1: you do but skip the record. Let's get you put 139 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:38,440 Speaker 1: a scratch record on lone survivor. Marcus Theatrel is our guest. 140 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:43,199 Speaker 1: Welcome to the program, sir, thank you, good morning. Honored 141 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:46,200 Speaker 1: to have you. As always, I called to check and 142 00:08:46,200 --> 00:08:48,520 Speaker 1: see how you were doing. Texted to check and see 143 00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:51,960 Speaker 1: how you were doing. And you and Morgan were in Kerville. 144 00:08:51,960 --> 00:08:56,000 Speaker 1: That's what're you doing there? You said, Dives, why were 145 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:56,400 Speaker 1: you there? 146 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:04,560 Speaker 2: Well, after that storm had come through there. I had 147 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:07,480 Speaker 2: never been to that particular area and I didn't know 148 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:09,920 Speaker 2: what was back there, and I didn't really realize how 149 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:12,760 Speaker 2: many people were affected and how many people that were 150 00:09:12,760 --> 00:09:15,400 Speaker 2: close to me were affected by that. So the phone 151 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:18,440 Speaker 2: call started coming out that our babies were in trouble. 152 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:22,760 Speaker 2: And it's different when adults. And I don't know why 153 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:24,439 Speaker 2: that is the way it is, but it just is. 154 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:28,640 Speaker 2: And anyone who has children knows this feeling. It's something 155 00:09:28,679 --> 00:09:30,920 Speaker 2: that comes on to you after you have kids. But 156 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:34,280 Speaker 2: if anybody's kids are in trouble, and when this phone 157 00:09:34,320 --> 00:09:37,040 Speaker 2: call started rattling in that they needed an all hands 158 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:39,319 Speaker 2: on that kind of deal. So we just packed up rolled. 159 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:44,920 Speaker 1: When you pack up, it old, what do you pack 160 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:47,040 Speaker 1: up for a situation like that? 161 00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:50,160 Speaker 2: Okay, So I have a go bag that's prepared at 162 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:52,640 Speaker 2: all times, sits in the tool box my truck, and 163 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:57,000 Speaker 2: then I have one actually in the garage. But it's 164 00:09:57,040 --> 00:10:00,439 Speaker 2: a natural disaster kind of if you live into you 165 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:03,480 Speaker 2: live in Houston. Every time a hurricane comes through or 166 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:06,680 Speaker 2: our city gets sacked by something like that, everyone usually 167 00:10:06,720 --> 00:10:08,960 Speaker 2: has an outfit that they wear for days. It's a 168 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:12,960 Speaker 2: minimalistic approach to anything. It's basically just a one layer, 169 00:10:13,040 --> 00:10:17,319 Speaker 2: two layers of clothes, a toothbrush, and a fresh change 170 00:10:17,320 --> 00:10:19,000 Speaker 2: of socks, and just get out the door and get 171 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:21,800 Speaker 2: there and go from there. Because in a situation like that, 172 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:23,840 Speaker 2: the only thing that you really need is a human 173 00:10:23,880 --> 00:10:25,920 Speaker 2: being as sustenance, and that's just food and water, and 174 00:10:25,960 --> 00:10:27,320 Speaker 2: that was provided when we got there. 175 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:29,680 Speaker 1: So you and Morgan rode together. 176 00:10:31,120 --> 00:10:35,760 Speaker 2: He rolled out first. He rolled out Saturday morning, and 177 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:37,960 Speaker 2: I rolled out Sunday after church. I went in and 178 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:39,800 Speaker 2: got the prayer through some up to the all money 179 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:41,040 Speaker 2: and tell him what we were about to do. 180 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:42,840 Speaker 1: And where did y'all muster? 181 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:46,079 Speaker 2: So we rolled up at there was a youth center 182 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:49,800 Speaker 2: in Curbville, and that's where all the leadership and the 183 00:10:49,840 --> 00:10:53,280 Speaker 2: headshed had rolled into and we're setting up shop in there, 184 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:55,800 Speaker 2: and that's the first place that we rolled into. 185 00:10:56,760 --> 00:10:58,760 Speaker 1: And then what happens from there? How do you get 186 00:10:58,840 --> 00:10:59,720 Speaker 1: dispatched from there? 187 00:11:00,640 --> 00:11:04,480 Speaker 2: So we were standing up kind of beside the wall there, 188 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:07,960 Speaker 2: and when Morgan got in, there was a I mean 189 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:10,679 Speaker 2: when I say all hands on deck, you couldn't believe 190 00:11:10,679 --> 00:11:13,360 Speaker 2: who showed up there. I mean, every law enforcement agency 191 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:16,360 Speaker 2: that we had was represented in that. They call it 192 00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:18,520 Speaker 2: the HQ or the talk depends on what branch of 193 00:11:18,559 --> 00:11:20,960 Speaker 2: service you're in. We all have different names and acronyms 194 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:23,160 Speaker 2: for what that was. But it's basically where the leadership, 195 00:11:23,200 --> 00:11:26,160 Speaker 2: all the computer systems and everyone checks in and we 196 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:28,319 Speaker 2: muster up in the morning to get your marching orders, 197 00:11:28,360 --> 00:11:30,800 Speaker 2: basically where you're going to go on the river, who 198 00:11:30,880 --> 00:11:33,040 Speaker 2: you're gonna go with, and what you're gonna do. And 199 00:11:33,080 --> 00:11:36,160 Speaker 2: in the beginning, when things were getting set up, it 200 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:38,600 Speaker 2: was kind of a it was kind of a hodgepouse 201 00:11:38,640 --> 00:11:41,360 Speaker 2: as everything was coming to a kind of into formation. 202 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:43,760 Speaker 2: So Morgan linked. 203 00:11:43,559 --> 00:11:47,000 Speaker 6: Up with the Curville County swat team. 204 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:48,800 Speaker 2: And let me tell you about a bunch of badasses 205 00:11:48,840 --> 00:11:51,080 Speaker 2: they are. I mean, them guys were getting it done. 206 00:11:51,320 --> 00:11:56,079 Speaker 2: If I could give any thanks, appreciation and praise, it'd 207 00:11:56,120 --> 00:11:58,480 Speaker 2: be it definitely be to them as well. I mean 208 00:11:58,520 --> 00:12:01,000 Speaker 2: there we'll get into who showed up out there, but 209 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:03,400 Speaker 2: those guys were rocking and rolling and they were their 210 00:12:03,520 --> 00:12:05,880 Speaker 2: their sole purpose was transport. So every time that we 211 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:09,360 Speaker 2: found a body, they would get called in to transport 212 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:13,120 Speaker 2: it to the the Emmy. So he was riding around 213 00:12:13,320 --> 00:12:15,400 Speaker 2: with them for the for the first couple of days, 214 00:12:15,720 --> 00:12:18,240 Speaker 2: and then I was at mystic in the water. 215 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:25,240 Speaker 1: Was the water still flowing pretty heavy at that point. 216 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:28,960 Speaker 2: Now, I mean it had come down back into the banks. 217 00:12:29,880 --> 00:12:31,679 Speaker 2: That was That was the crazy thing about him, Mike. 218 00:12:31,760 --> 00:12:33,679 Speaker 2: When we rolled into town, and I couldn't say something. 219 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:38,080 Speaker 2: Anybody who was out there knows saw this thing. With 220 00:12:38,160 --> 00:12:40,559 Speaker 2: a minute I rolled in. I was right behind Morgan. 221 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:45,400 Speaker 2: The damage, this kind of it was all through the river. 222 00:12:45,440 --> 00:12:47,640 Speaker 2: It hucked the river banks and over the road up 223 00:12:47,679 --> 00:12:50,880 Speaker 2: probably about two three hundred yards into the houses. And 224 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:52,880 Speaker 2: the first thing I saw, and I never seen anything 225 00:12:52,920 --> 00:12:54,960 Speaker 2: like this there was Hey, if you ask anybody who 226 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:56,240 Speaker 2: was there, the don't know about this thing. There was 227 00:12:56,280 --> 00:12:59,960 Speaker 2: a guardrail that had been twisted so tired it looked 228 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:02,400 Speaker 2: like a twizzler stick, like somebody had done it on purpose, 229 00:13:03,480 --> 00:13:05,280 Speaker 2: And I mean it was something that you had to 230 00:13:05,280 --> 00:13:07,400 Speaker 2: stare at it. It was kind of unbelievable. And then 231 00:13:07,440 --> 00:13:10,280 Speaker 2: once you rolled in there, the cars were everywhere, and 232 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:13,560 Speaker 2: you could tell that the debris field had flushed over 233 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:17,520 Speaker 2: over and spilled into the houses because most of them 234 00:13:17,559 --> 00:13:20,800 Speaker 2: had been torn, and it's like the water got inside 235 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:22,800 Speaker 2: of there and spun around and then kicked everything out 236 00:13:22,840 --> 00:13:27,600 Speaker 2: the sidewalk, including the sidewalk, and the river had gone 237 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:30,959 Speaker 2: back down into its normal capacity and was still flowing 238 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:35,120 Speaker 2: pretty good, but it wasn't like it's kind of hard 239 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:36,880 Speaker 2: to fathom what it must have been like when that 240 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:40,640 Speaker 2: thing was rolling through there because of the damage. And however, 241 00:13:40,679 --> 00:13:43,320 Speaker 2: that bro there was a dumpster that looked like somebody 242 00:13:43,360 --> 00:13:45,800 Speaker 2: had crumpled up a piece of foil and threw it 243 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:49,559 Speaker 2: in the corner, And then there were cars buried completely 244 00:13:49,679 --> 00:13:52,400 Speaker 2: under the river, and then in trees there was a 245 00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:55,360 Speaker 2: brand new Ford Mustang was black convertible and it was 246 00:13:55,400 --> 00:13:58,360 Speaker 2: standing on its nose, perched up in one of those 247 00:13:58,400 --> 00:14:01,640 Speaker 2: cypress trees, or three or four of them are. And 248 00:14:01,679 --> 00:14:03,680 Speaker 2: then I remember one of the first ones I saw. 249 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:05,560 Speaker 2: The only reason we knew was a BMW because they 250 00:14:05,559 --> 00:14:06,679 Speaker 2: had a ram on it, and you can see the 251 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:09,920 Speaker 2: BMW signal. And it didn't look like somebody had put 252 00:14:09,920 --> 00:14:11,320 Speaker 2: it in a car crunch or it was in a 253 00:14:11,320 --> 00:14:13,800 Speaker 2: car wreck. It looked like somebody had grabbed it with 254 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:16,120 Speaker 2: one of those excavators and thrown it into a multi 255 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:18,560 Speaker 2: machine and then spit it back out and did it again. 256 00:14:19,640 --> 00:14:24,160 Speaker 2: So the violence of the water must have been absolutely substantial. 257 00:14:25,520 --> 00:14:28,120 Speaker 1: I saw a picture, Marcus. The trell is our guest, Marcus. 258 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:31,120 Speaker 1: I saw a picture of somebody that had the good 259 00:14:31,160 --> 00:14:34,320 Speaker 1: sense to take this photo to give the perspective. And 260 00:14:34,640 --> 00:14:37,120 Speaker 1: it showed a man who was six feet tall, and 261 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:39,880 Speaker 1: then he raised his hand up above his head ashigh 262 00:14:39,880 --> 00:14:42,840 Speaker 1: as he could go, and it showed that, so you 263 00:14:42,960 --> 00:14:45,560 Speaker 1: figured in what seven and a half eight feet And 264 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:49,400 Speaker 1: then it showed where the water had carried something that 265 00:14:49,440 --> 00:14:52,400 Speaker 1: got hung up in a tree that was over twenty 266 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:57,000 Speaker 1: feet high, and you imagine what it must have been like. 267 00:14:57,120 --> 00:15:00,680 Speaker 1: I have read every report I can possibly find in 268 00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:04,240 Speaker 1: print about what people went through who survived and were 269 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:06,680 Speaker 1: able to tell it. I wish so many other people 270 00:15:06,680 --> 00:15:08,960 Speaker 1: could have told their stories, but they didn't survive. To 271 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:13,240 Speaker 1: imagine what it was like. There was a guy with 272 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:16,880 Speaker 1: Texas Monthly that they're in a house that's up on 273 00:15:17,040 --> 00:15:20,200 Speaker 1: stilts fourteen feet high and the house literally just gets 274 00:15:20,240 --> 00:15:22,920 Speaker 1: ripped off the stilts and before they know it, they're 275 00:15:23,320 --> 00:15:25,160 Speaker 1: rushing down the river. They get out and they get 276 00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:28,760 Speaker 1: up on top of it. And you know, I don't 277 00:15:28,760 --> 00:15:31,720 Speaker 1: have a frame of reference. You know, you're a Navy seal, 278 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:35,080 Speaker 1: you've trained, you've gone underwater, you've done all these things. 279 00:15:35,520 --> 00:15:38,160 Speaker 1: I have no frame of reference to be able to 280 00:15:38,320 --> 00:15:41,160 Speaker 1: even process what the heck's going on. Marcus the trails, 281 00:15:41,160 --> 00:15:44,560 Speaker 1: our guests, more of him, come up, these chairs, Keith 282 00:15:44,680 --> 00:15:51,840 Speaker 1: rolling around. Damn it all right, this is Mark Chestnut 283 00:15:52,080 --> 00:15:59,200 Speaker 1: and jar Bizaar of talk Radio. As awful as the 284 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:03,600 Speaker 1: Kerrville floods were, and you know, we use that for 285 00:16:03,720 --> 00:16:07,000 Speaker 1: shorthand I want to be clear there were other counties 286 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:13,440 Speaker 1: who suffered terribly, but Kerrville itself was hit so hard, 287 00:16:14,080 --> 00:16:19,840 Speaker 1: and a lot of folks in Houston especially knew many 288 00:16:19,880 --> 00:16:24,200 Speaker 1: of the families at Camp Mystic and Camp Lahunta. I 289 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:26,680 Speaker 1: know we did, and I know, based on emails you've sent, 290 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:29,560 Speaker 1: many of you did as well, and so it just 291 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:33,480 Speaker 1: hits home even more so. I spoke to Pat Green 292 00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:38,240 Speaker 1: this weekend and he was in Houston for his brother's funeral. 293 00:16:38,280 --> 00:16:42,600 Speaker 1: His brother, his brother's sister, and their kids. So you know, 294 00:16:42,920 --> 00:16:46,920 Speaker 1: when the headlines are gone and the funerals continue and 295 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:52,600 Speaker 1: the recoveries continue, those families will suffers. As a number 296 00:16:52,640 --> 00:16:55,880 Speaker 1: of you have emailed, there is no closure. It's just 297 00:16:55,920 --> 00:17:00,200 Speaker 1: another step. There's time, things are different, but there is 298 00:17:00,240 --> 00:17:02,520 Speaker 1: no actual closure. A number of folks emailed me to 299 00:17:02,560 --> 00:17:08,159 Speaker 1: tell me that. So Marcus the Trail, like so many people, 300 00:17:08,560 --> 00:17:11,240 Speaker 1: and his brother Morgan the congressmen were there to help 301 00:17:11,280 --> 00:17:15,359 Speaker 1: in any way they could. I know that just there. 302 00:17:16,640 --> 00:17:19,640 Speaker 1: You won't like the word, but celebrity status no notoriety, 303 00:17:20,680 --> 00:17:22,320 Speaker 1: meant a lot to a number of people, because I 304 00:17:22,359 --> 00:17:25,680 Speaker 1: heard from people, Hey, the Ta Trail brothers are here. 305 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:29,800 Speaker 1: Most people didn't know which one was which because they're twins. 306 00:17:30,840 --> 00:17:34,400 Speaker 1: I'll tell you. Because Morgan's skinnier now and Marcus has 307 00:17:34,400 --> 00:17:36,600 Speaker 1: more facial hair, it's a lot easier to tell them apart. 308 00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:40,359 Speaker 1: But I know that that meant a lot to other 309 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:42,760 Speaker 1: people that they were there, and a number of other 310 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:45,280 Speaker 1: people were so many law enforcement came from across the country. 311 00:17:45,280 --> 00:17:49,680 Speaker 1: As Marcus said, Marcus, you you were talking about being 312 00:17:49,720 --> 00:17:53,560 Speaker 1: there at Kemp Mystic and seeing what had happened, and 313 00:17:53,560 --> 00:17:55,960 Speaker 1: that's that's where we lost the most lives in one, 314 00:17:56,359 --> 00:17:59,119 Speaker 1: one single spot. If you would continue kind of with 315 00:17:59,119 --> 00:18:01,240 Speaker 1: with what you saw that it's just hard to believe, 316 00:18:01,280 --> 00:18:05,280 Speaker 1: you know, this one hundred year old facility, so many traditions, 317 00:18:05,320 --> 00:18:08,080 Speaker 1: so much legacy going through that place. So many girls 318 00:18:08,080 --> 00:18:11,639 Speaker 1: that went on to be moms and grandmothers and civic 319 00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:15,000 Speaker 1: leaders and political leaders and educators went through that place. 320 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:16,400 Speaker 1: There's a lot of tradition there. 321 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:21,439 Speaker 2: You can see that too. Definitely a legacy camp. You 322 00:18:21,480 --> 00:18:25,200 Speaker 2: could feel that when you went in there. And let 323 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:28,040 Speaker 2: me tell you something, when when we got our footing 324 00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:30,119 Speaker 2: in there and we were there to support those that 325 00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:33,359 Speaker 2: were supporting and when the first thing you saw was 326 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:36,280 Speaker 2: the DPS when they came in and locked the roads down. 327 00:18:36,359 --> 00:18:38,880 Speaker 2: And usually when I'm having to deal with the DPS 328 00:18:38,920 --> 00:18:41,000 Speaker 2: because I've been doing something wrong right and I'm usually 329 00:18:41,040 --> 00:18:44,679 Speaker 2: in trouble, they were so professional and they locked that 330 00:18:44,760 --> 00:18:48,480 Speaker 2: stuff down, and then the game wardens showed up. And 331 00:18:48,520 --> 00:18:50,639 Speaker 2: when they showed up, they started doing their thing. They 332 00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:53,120 Speaker 2: were working the rivers and again I usually don't run 333 00:18:53,119 --> 00:18:54,879 Speaker 2: into them unless I'm trying to get away with something, 334 00:18:54,960 --> 00:18:57,280 Speaker 2: and they were awesome, and they started bringing in the 335 00:18:57,320 --> 00:19:01,680 Speaker 2: cadaver dogs. Now the only way we got anything done 336 00:19:01,840 --> 00:19:03,879 Speaker 2: because we started with our hands with shovels, and the 337 00:19:04,160 --> 00:19:06,880 Speaker 2: civilians were in there with chainsaws, and then the cadaver 338 00:19:06,960 --> 00:19:10,000 Speaker 2: dogs showed up and started spotting the bodies. And I 339 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:13,880 Speaker 2: don't know if a lot of people are familiar with excavators, 340 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:16,000 Speaker 2: and what an excavator is the track vehicle has a 341 00:19:16,119 --> 00:19:18,920 Speaker 2: huge arm on it. When those boys showed up, those 342 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:21,560 Speaker 2: excavator drivers, it was a game changer. They won't ever 343 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:24,119 Speaker 2: get any credit. Let me tell you something. There was 344 00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:26,800 Speaker 2: this country boy sitting on one of those excavators and 345 00:19:26,920 --> 00:19:29,359 Speaker 2: his wife was with him, and she sat on the 346 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:31,359 Speaker 2: outside of that machine, on the top of it, with 347 00:19:31,440 --> 00:19:35,720 Speaker 2: her arms on that rail, laser locked, laser locked on 348 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:38,480 Speaker 2: those piles that we were uncovering, because they would come 349 00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:40,800 Speaker 2: in there and a great excavator driver is worth more 350 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:44,600 Speaker 2: money than anything, and he would scratch the surface so 351 00:19:44,800 --> 00:19:47,440 Speaker 2: not to disrupt or do any more damage to any 352 00:19:47,440 --> 00:19:50,320 Speaker 2: of those bodies, and she would see a piece of 353 00:19:50,320 --> 00:19:52,800 Speaker 2: clothing or something and stop all movement. And we'd go 354 00:19:52,840 --> 00:19:55,080 Speaker 2: in there and hit the pile, pull out some shoes 355 00:19:55,119 --> 00:19:57,440 Speaker 2: or clothes or something like that, and then she'd get back. 356 00:19:57,520 --> 00:20:00,879 Speaker 2: She didn't move all day, sat on the outside of 357 00:20:00,880 --> 00:20:02,080 Speaker 2: that machine all day. 358 00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:05,119 Speaker 6: And let me tell you something, those excavator. 359 00:20:04,640 --> 00:20:08,879 Speaker 2: Drivers and those skid steer drivers, Thank God for Country Rednecks. 360 00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:12,240 Speaker 2: They're one of the best blessings that Texas ever had 361 00:20:12,280 --> 00:20:14,240 Speaker 2: in the United States. They were hacking. When they show up, 362 00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:17,320 Speaker 2: they are all business. No one ever focuses on them. 363 00:20:17,320 --> 00:20:19,000 Speaker 2: But you want to know, the people who came in 364 00:20:19,080 --> 00:20:22,400 Speaker 2: and made the difference was those excavator boys and those 365 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:26,240 Speaker 2: skid steer drivers and those cadaver guys. And then that 366 00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:29,680 Speaker 2: in itself was just an absolute game changer. And then, 367 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:33,400 Speaker 2: oh my god, man, the Christians showed up. And when 368 00:20:33,560 --> 00:20:35,680 Speaker 2: I'm talking about the Rednecks that had the cutoff wranglers 369 00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:37,160 Speaker 2: and the rock and roller T shirt with a net 370 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:39,879 Speaker 2: cutout right, and they would throw up the barbecue pits 371 00:20:40,200 --> 00:20:42,399 Speaker 2: and sit there day and no one ever paid for 372 00:20:42,440 --> 00:20:45,080 Speaker 2: any food. You didn't pay for any water, it was 373 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:47,400 Speaker 2: just it was kind of a utopia on the outside 374 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:49,040 Speaker 2: of it, and then when you walked into the valley 375 00:20:49,480 --> 00:20:51,879 Speaker 2: to go to work, it's like you knew when you 376 00:20:51,880 --> 00:20:53,760 Speaker 2: got out of there there was somebody that had your back. 377 00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:58,080 Speaker 2: Everyone was there for the same purpose, and it was 378 00:20:58,359 --> 00:21:02,320 Speaker 2: unbelievable the camarade, God bless Texas. Man, I don't have 379 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:05,639 Speaker 2: I still don't have vocabulary to tell you how wonderful 380 00:21:06,440 --> 00:21:09,760 Speaker 2: when you had the people and the police and everybody 381 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:12,080 Speaker 2: working in Unison. And I think the only time that 382 00:21:12,160 --> 00:21:14,840 Speaker 2: ever happens is when we go through tragedy. I mean, 383 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:16,760 Speaker 2: most everybody else is kind of dealing with their lives 384 00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:18,199 Speaker 2: day to day, and then the police are there to 385 00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:20,840 Speaker 2: help us stay in the lanes trying to get through 386 00:21:20,840 --> 00:21:24,439 Speaker 2: our lives. But man, when we come together, it was 387 00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:28,440 Speaker 2: a force to be reckoned with. That in itself is 388 00:21:28,480 --> 00:21:30,400 Speaker 2: what allowed you to get in there every single day 389 00:21:30,720 --> 00:21:33,679 Speaker 2: because you saw people from all walks of life in 390 00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:36,960 Speaker 2: there for a common purpose. Everybody was I mean, everybody's 391 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:39,560 Speaker 2: getting along and they won't any problems, and it was 392 00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:42,560 Speaker 2: just amazing, amazing to see that. And I'll never be 393 00:21:42,640 --> 00:21:47,439 Speaker 2: able to express my thanks to those excavator drivers. I 394 00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:49,720 Speaker 2: mean them country boys. I'm talking about the ones that 395 00:21:49,760 --> 00:21:51,960 Speaker 2: were on their daddy was an excavator driver, and they 396 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:54,080 Speaker 2: were sitting on their lap, you know, at four years old, 397 00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:56,520 Speaker 2: learning the controls on that thing. Because when they would 398 00:21:56,600 --> 00:21:58,800 Speaker 2: maneuver in through those cypress trees on the side of 399 00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:04,000 Speaker 2: those rock ledges, the debris field was so extensive that 400 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:05,960 Speaker 2: that's what was keithling, that was what was slow in 401 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:08,560 Speaker 2: the pace. And when they got in there with those 402 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:11,639 Speaker 2: cadaver dogs, it was just a game changer. It was 403 00:22:11,640 --> 00:22:14,160 Speaker 2: an absolute game changer. I mean, you won't be able 404 00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:17,400 Speaker 2: to thank them enough. If anybody deserves praise, it's those 405 00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:20,880 Speaker 2: It's the police officers and uh and their country boys 406 00:22:20,920 --> 00:22:22,680 Speaker 2: on those machines. For sure. 407 00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:26,480 Speaker 1: Were any Marcus latrell Is our guest, Were any of 408 00:22:26,520 --> 00:22:30,639 Speaker 1: the family members there alongside y'all? Did you? Did you 409 00:22:30,680 --> 00:22:32,560 Speaker 1: spot them during all of this, because I know that 410 00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:33,120 Speaker 1: had to be. 411 00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:36,760 Speaker 2: Tough, Yes, sir, absolutely. They came into Mystic while I 412 00:22:36,760 --> 00:22:39,399 Speaker 2: was standing in there, and there was there was people 413 00:22:39,480 --> 00:22:44,040 Speaker 2: at Camp Mystic in itself that had kind of frontline 414 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:49,639 Speaker 2: control with them. Okay, so we started. They wanted us 415 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:52,000 Speaker 2: to collect their valuables and we really weren't doing that 416 00:22:52,040 --> 00:22:54,439 Speaker 2: in the beginning, because that was the hardest part. If 417 00:22:54,480 --> 00:22:56,280 Speaker 2: you want to know what I thought was the most 418 00:22:56,280 --> 00:23:00,199 Speaker 2: difficult is their stuff was everywhere down the river. So 419 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:02,720 Speaker 2: you would find stuff with their trunks with their names 420 00:23:02,760 --> 00:23:05,720 Speaker 2: on it, or their little CD cases or their towels, 421 00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:07,439 Speaker 2: and then they had their shorts and stuff like that 422 00:23:07,480 --> 00:23:09,760 Speaker 2: and all had their names in it. And we were 423 00:23:10,160 --> 00:23:13,080 Speaker 2: hunting down they wanted. There's Teddy Bears in particular that 424 00:23:13,119 --> 00:23:15,879 Speaker 2: we were after. It's just kind of anything that we 425 00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:20,000 Speaker 2: could find of theirs to bring to bring back to them. 426 00:23:20,840 --> 00:23:23,800 Speaker 6: Was because the anticipation was worse. 427 00:23:23,880 --> 00:23:26,560 Speaker 2: It's kind of like getting into a fight before before 428 00:23:26,640 --> 00:23:28,880 Speaker 2: the fight is what's worse. I mean, so we're you're 429 00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:31,160 Speaker 2: walking around and you're hoping you find something, but then 430 00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:34,160 Speaker 2: you're hoping you don't find something. That that kind of mentality. 431 00:23:34,640 --> 00:23:37,400 Speaker 2: But the whole time you're doing that, you're seeing evidence 432 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:39,960 Speaker 2: that they're there. It's like you know that it was 433 00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:43,280 Speaker 2: brewing up, and we we collected as much as that 434 00:23:43,480 --> 00:23:47,439 Speaker 2: as we possibly could for the families, and you know 435 00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:51,040 Speaker 2: it as well as I do. I mean, our Texas 436 00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:52,960 Speaker 2: we've been through so much in the last twenty years 437 00:23:52,960 --> 00:23:54,960 Speaker 2: that it's just you don't know what to say to them. 438 00:23:54,960 --> 00:23:57,280 Speaker 2: You just want to be there for him. 439 00:23:57,520 --> 00:23:59,679 Speaker 1: Mark, because I guess can you hang for one more seconds? 440 00:24:01,560 --> 00:24:01,760 Speaker 1: Thank you? 441 00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:15,760 Speaker 5: Boum Jomway. 442 00:24:16,520 --> 00:24:19,920 Speaker 1: Marcus Latrell is our guest. Mor Because I don't know 443 00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:25,400 Speaker 1: if you've seen this photo. The Associated Press put it out. 444 00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:29,879 Speaker 1: The caption that the chronicle ran with it says a 445 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:33,919 Speaker 1: sheriff's deput he pauses while combing through the banks. Let 446 00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:35,880 Speaker 1: me see if I can go back to that. While 447 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:39,080 Speaker 1: combing through the banks of the Guadalupe River near Camp 448 00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:43,320 Speaker 1: Mysstic Saturday, July fifth, after a flash flows went through 449 00:24:43,359 --> 00:24:47,160 Speaker 1: the area. And it's a guy who's biceps are as 450 00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:50,320 Speaker 1: big as my legs, and he has he's real, he's real, 451 00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:53,120 Speaker 1: sun tanned, his black hair. He looks like he could 452 00:24:53,119 --> 00:24:55,600 Speaker 1: be Hispanic or Samoa, and you can't tell because his 453 00:24:55,680 --> 00:24:59,520 Speaker 1: hands are over his eyes and he's he's carrying, I 454 00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:01,760 Speaker 1: don't know, some sort of huge stick in his right hand. 455 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:04,080 Speaker 1: He's law enforcement. He's got his gear on. I've you've 456 00:25:04,160 --> 00:25:06,480 Speaker 1: seen that picture, but it's one of the most poignant 457 00:25:06,480 --> 00:25:09,280 Speaker 1: pictures to come out of all this. And I guess 458 00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:12,440 Speaker 1: my question is when you guys step back away from 459 00:25:12,480 --> 00:25:16,359 Speaker 1: the families and we're talking amongst yourselves. What what did 460 00:25:16,440 --> 00:25:22,439 Speaker 1: y'all notice about what this storm had done to this area. 461 00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:25,360 Speaker 2: Well, let's actually tell you that the largest strongest men 462 00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:28,760 Speaker 2: among us can get broken down by something, especially when 463 00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:32,320 Speaker 2: it comes to the little ones. And I was fortunate 464 00:25:32,440 --> 00:25:34,160 Speaker 2: enough to be there was a bunch of seals there 465 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:36,800 Speaker 2: and that stuff. Guys, and we kind of migrated towards 466 00:25:36,840 --> 00:25:39,199 Speaker 2: each other and we all stay at this camp up 467 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:42,760 Speaker 2: the road called Camp Baltimore. That sounds that come out 468 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:44,679 Speaker 2: of a Harry Potter movie. That's actually what it was. 469 00:25:44,720 --> 00:25:48,360 Speaker 2: So thank thank them for that, Thank you for letting 470 00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:51,040 Speaker 2: us stay up there. And then we would migrate down 471 00:25:51,080 --> 00:25:54,840 Speaker 2: into the town in the hunt. There was a church there, 472 00:25:54,880 --> 00:25:56,880 Speaker 2: a Baptist church that we would all rally up at. 473 00:25:57,440 --> 00:26:02,320 Speaker 2: And one of saving graces that we had was at 474 00:26:02,320 --> 00:26:03,840 Speaker 2: the end of the day we got to go over 475 00:26:04,160 --> 00:26:07,440 Speaker 2: outside of the valley and get into some air conditioning, 476 00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:09,240 Speaker 2: had a hot shower and a great meal, and then 477 00:26:09,240 --> 00:26:11,280 Speaker 2: we would all kind of we would talk like seals, 478 00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:12,960 Speaker 2: are we're good at this because we'll just talk. We 479 00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:14,720 Speaker 2: just start talking about some stuff and get that stuff 480 00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:16,600 Speaker 2: off our chests and what kind of what's in our brain. 481 00:26:16,680 --> 00:26:18,560 Speaker 2: We don't hold that in and that that is the 482 00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:23,040 Speaker 2: absolute blessing about being able to have those guys around 483 00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:25,120 Speaker 2: each other. We can do that. We also bled into 484 00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:28,399 Speaker 2: the civilian to help out with that. That's kind of 485 00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:31,120 Speaker 2: how we cope. But you can tell that that each 486 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:33,520 Speaker 2: day that went by, it was kind of it would 487 00:26:33,560 --> 00:26:35,320 Speaker 2: layer more and more and more, especially when we were 488 00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:37,399 Speaker 2: when we find a little one, because everyone knew when that. 489 00:26:37,440 --> 00:26:40,959 Speaker 2: When that happened, and and you could feel that resonate 490 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:42,760 Speaker 2: through the camp, there was an elation like great, we 491 00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:44,359 Speaker 2: found one. But then it was like, oh, we found 492 00:26:44,359 --> 00:26:48,560 Speaker 2: another one, and it was, uh, it's time progress to 493 00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:51,080 Speaker 2: just kind of you could tell you getting onto some 494 00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:55,080 Speaker 2: of the guys a little bit for sure. Well, I 495 00:26:55,119 --> 00:26:56,280 Speaker 2: mean I don't sure how strong you are. 496 00:26:56,600 --> 00:27:00,439 Speaker 1: It happens, yeah, yeah, I mean, I'm sure you're a 497 00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:03,440 Speaker 1: very different man in twenty twenty five than you were 498 00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:06,960 Speaker 1: twenty years ago in five when Operation Red Wings happened. 499 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:08,800 Speaker 1: I mean you start thinking about the world and the 500 00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:11,840 Speaker 1: next generation now that you have children, as you do. 501 00:27:12,080 --> 00:27:14,880 Speaker 1: I know, I'm a very I drive differently, I take 502 00:27:15,359 --> 00:27:20,399 Speaker 1: chances differently, I look at my health differently. I'm a 503 00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:23,040 Speaker 1: different person, and we look at the world differently when 504 00:27:23,280 --> 00:27:25,040 Speaker 1: it comes to children. Thank God for it. I think 505 00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:26,960 Speaker 1: God plants that set in us. 506 00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:28,639 Speaker 2: Oh, it has to be right, it has to be 507 00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:31,120 Speaker 2: You can't. I don't know if, especially our generation, if 508 00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:33,160 Speaker 2: we didn't make the transition, there's no way we would 509 00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:35,080 Speaker 2: we could carry this thing on. I don't think we 510 00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:38,119 Speaker 2: could get it done. We're We're just different. All the 511 00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:40,600 Speaker 2: wars and pandemics and everything that we had to go through, 512 00:27:41,119 --> 00:27:43,920 Speaker 2: eventually we had the transition and grow up, and then 513 00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:47,000 Speaker 2: you know, there is a weakness or a vulnerability I 514 00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:49,639 Speaker 2: think now inside of us, especially like with our generation, 515 00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:51,439 Speaker 2: we didn't have that at the beginning. We you know, 516 00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:53,720 Speaker 2: go as hard as you can, hopefully you die early. 517 00:27:54,080 --> 00:27:56,000 Speaker 2: And now we have the kids and the responsibility of 518 00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:58,240 Speaker 2: our country and our state Texas. I mean, it's just 519 00:27:58,320 --> 00:27:59,520 Speaker 2: kind of like we got to take this thing over 520 00:27:59,560 --> 00:28:03,200 Speaker 2: and when you when you step into that breach, there's vulnerabilities. 521 00:28:03,240 --> 00:28:05,879 Speaker 2: I absolutely feel that I've killed that guy that was 522 00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:09,159 Speaker 2: in the wars. I'm not I don't have any of 523 00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:11,879 Speaker 2: that left in me. Really, I remember it, but I 524 00:28:11,920 --> 00:28:13,720 Speaker 2: am just, like you said, completely different and I think 525 00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:14,920 Speaker 2: we all had to make that transition. 526 00:28:16,560 --> 00:28:21,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, I can't help but think about the woman that 527 00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:24,919 Speaker 1: you talked about, because she will her name and story 528 00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:28,160 Speaker 1: will be lost to history. But the wife who never 529 00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:30,639 Speaker 1: expected herself. She stayed home wife, or she was off 530 00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:33,000 Speaker 1: from work or whatever. And there she is with her 531 00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:36,280 Speaker 1: husband whose name nobody knows, and he's on the excavator 532 00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:38,680 Speaker 1: and she's out there focused and nobody's patting her on 533 00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:40,520 Speaker 1: the back other than you now, and we don't know 534 00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:43,720 Speaker 1: her name. And I just think how many people did 535 00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:47,440 Speaker 1: things like that, and through every talent they had that day, 536 00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:51,120 Speaker 1: that moment that families will never get to thank them. 537 00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:54,440 Speaker 1: And now they're back in Beaumont or Willis or wherever 538 00:28:54,480 --> 00:28:56,720 Speaker 1: it is they live, living their lives, and no one 539 00:28:56,760 --> 00:28:59,800 Speaker 1: will realize what a hero that person was at that moment. 540 00:29:00,760 --> 00:29:03,080 Speaker 2: There was there was, There was some people out there. 541 00:29:03,080 --> 00:29:05,800 Speaker 2: There was one guy named Dave. He had this huge chainsaw. 542 00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:08,400 Speaker 2: Everyone knows who he is. And then there was a 543 00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:12,320 Speaker 2: dive named Dale, Diver Dale and you can'll never forget him. 544 00:29:12,560 --> 00:29:14,959 Speaker 2: And so that guy on that excavator with his wife, 545 00:29:15,400 --> 00:29:16,600 Speaker 2: and I wouldn't know if they wanted to be the 546 00:29:16,680 --> 00:29:19,800 Speaker 2: say the name I will never you. 547 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:21,920 Speaker 6: You couldn't even believe what this what that looked like. 548 00:29:22,360 --> 00:29:24,600 Speaker 2: She sat there the entire laser for week. 549 00:29:24,640 --> 00:29:25,000 Speaker 4: To all the. 550 00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:27,040 Speaker 2: Seals, we were just kind of sitting there and the 551 00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:28,960 Speaker 2: rest of those that stuff guys, just watching that go down, 552 00:29:29,440 --> 00:29:33,040 Speaker 2: watching him dig that stuff out, and watching her sit there. 553 00:29:33,160 --> 00:29:35,880 Speaker 2: And I'm talking about if if she even laid eyes 554 00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:39,160 Speaker 2: on anything in those piles, she stopped all all movement 555 00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:40,760 Speaker 2: and we'd have to go out there. And she didn't 556 00:29:40,760 --> 00:29:43,320 Speaker 2: even put the excavator and get onto it, but get 557 00:29:43,320 --> 00:29:45,160 Speaker 2: in there, get down on you man, rug lead, you know. 558 00:29:45,360 --> 00:29:47,440 Speaker 2: And and she never said anything. 559 00:29:47,720 --> 00:29:50,160 Speaker 6: I mean she she never said a word. 560 00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:53,440 Speaker 2: And it was just all up and down the river 561 00:29:54,760 --> 00:29:57,000 Speaker 2: with us integrating into them, from the police officers, from 562 00:29:57,000 --> 00:29:58,760 Speaker 2: the DPS, and the game morning. I can't say enough 563 00:29:58,760 --> 00:30:01,640 Speaker 2: about the game warns man uh and what they did, 564 00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:04,480 Speaker 2: and then the state police in there and all the volunteers. 565 00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:08,640 Speaker 2: I mean, God bless Texas and our people, because when 566 00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:10,720 Speaker 2: the Seals came in there, we were just kidding. I 567 00:30:10,800 --> 00:30:15,120 Speaker 2: remember us talking about how I actually felt It's the 568 00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:16,720 Speaker 2: first time in a long time that I had felt 569 00:30:16,720 --> 00:30:18,600 Speaker 2: good again. And I know it sounds weird, because I 570 00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:20,680 Speaker 2: have the greatest life ever. But there's a feeling that 571 00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:22,959 Speaker 2: goes when you're in that in that environment that we 572 00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:28,440 Speaker 2: were trained for, and it rejuvenated my life into where 573 00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:30,760 Speaker 2: I just reminded me how thankful I am to have 574 00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:33,720 Speaker 2: all this, and especially have those guys, those teammates of 575 00:30:33,760 --> 00:30:35,920 Speaker 2: mine and showed up there and they were coming in 576 00:30:36,080 --> 00:30:38,800 Speaker 2: left and right and doing that and then just getting 577 00:30:38,840 --> 00:30:40,880 Speaker 2: out of dodge afterwards, never saying a word. And what 578 00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:43,280 Speaker 2: you said is true. There's so many people that came 579 00:30:43,280 --> 00:30:44,720 Speaker 2: in there and did that. You won't even know who 580 00:30:44,720 --> 00:30:47,400 Speaker 2: they are, but we'll remember them. You'll never forget them. 581 00:30:47,440 --> 00:30:49,320 Speaker 2: And we gave them all nicknames or you remember what 582 00:30:49,360 --> 00:30:51,840 Speaker 2: they did even if you don't remember their name. But 583 00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:55,080 Speaker 2: it's it's forever burned inside of our brains. We talk 584 00:30:55,120 --> 00:30:56,080 Speaker 2: about it all the time. 585 00:30:58,880 --> 00:31:01,240 Speaker 1: You if you remember this because you were in the 586 00:31:01,280 --> 00:31:05,080 Speaker 1: thick of it. But when I found out ADPs trooper, 587 00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:08,000 Speaker 1: a friend of mine, Stephen Woodard, said you were there, 588 00:31:08,040 --> 00:31:11,000 Speaker 1: and I reached out and said, hey, thank you to 589 00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:13,280 Speaker 1: you and you and Morgan for being there. Make sure 590 00:31:13,280 --> 00:31:17,480 Speaker 1: everybody there knows we appreciate them and you for being 591 00:31:17,520 --> 00:31:19,560 Speaker 1: out there and doing that. And you said I was 592 00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:23,160 Speaker 1: born for this. I really do believe God plants in 593 00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:25,600 Speaker 1: each one of us a skill set, and there are 594 00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:27,920 Speaker 1: certain people. We all have to do our part. There 595 00:31:27,920 --> 00:31:31,320 Speaker 1: are certain people that are drawn to a moment like 596 00:31:31,360 --> 00:31:34,640 Speaker 1: this because you've got to skill, the talent, the ability 597 00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:36,760 Speaker 1: to push through it when maybe the rest of us 598 00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:39,400 Speaker 1: wouldn't have been able to handle some of what you've 599 00:31:39,400 --> 00:31:43,080 Speaker 1: seen and done in your life. But it's fantastic, and 600 00:31:43,120 --> 00:31:46,320 Speaker 1: you're right. The message of this is, it really is 601 00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:49,320 Speaker 1: the best of Texas. It's the best of our people, 602 00:31:49,720 --> 00:31:53,080 Speaker 1: and it takes a tough moment like this to remind 603 00:31:53,160 --> 00:31:55,080 Speaker 1: us of it. We love you, Marcus Treil, Thank you, brother. 604 00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:59,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, I love your brother. You know. 605 00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:04,240 Speaker 1: I think about that woman there with her husband, and 606 00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:06,560 Speaker 1: when people say, you know, why don't you get depressed 607 00:32:06,560 --> 00:32:08,600 Speaker 1: for the future of our because that woman went back. 608 00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:12,520 Speaker 1: Maybe she's maybe she backs groceries, Maybe she's the teller 609 00:32:12,560 --> 00:32:15,480 Speaker 1: at the bank, Maybe she's somebody's secretary. Maybe she's a 610 00:32:15,480 --> 00:32:18,520 Speaker 1: school teacher, maybe she owns a small business. Maybe she's 611 00:32:18,520 --> 00:32:21,920 Speaker 1: a stay at home mom. Maybe we'll never know, but 612 00:32:22,040 --> 00:32:24,400 Speaker 1: they're out there, and you don't know they're out there. 613 00:32:24,440 --> 00:32:27,800 Speaker 1: You don't see the goodness until something like this calls 614 00:32:27,840 --> 00:32:28,200 Speaker 1: it out.