Houston Officer Drowns
Source: The HILL
A Houston police officer drowned on his way to work Sunday, The Houston Chronicle reported on Tuesday.
"He was trying different routes, and took a wrong turn," one official told the newspaper.
The officer's family has yet to be officially notified, as crews work to recover his body.
The officer, a 30-year veteran of the city's police department, unsuccessfully tried to exit his vehicle after becoming caught in the floodwaters.
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Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)SpankMe
(2,972 posts)irisblue
(33,046 posts)you were on your way to do the good & better thing.🙏
niyad
(113,770 posts)Freethinker65
(10,090 posts)IronLionZion
(45,615 posts)Died in the line of duty
bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)secondwind
(16,903 posts)Coventina
(27,223 posts)FEMA?
Pffft! What we need is SMALLER government!
Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)Beartracks
(12,827 posts)area51
(11,934 posts)FuzzyRabbit
(1,970 posts)DesertRat
(27,995 posts)R.I.P.
Augiedog
(2,549 posts)AllyCat
(16,252 posts)😪
WhoWoodaKnew
(847 posts)hlthe2b
(102,491 posts)respect.
democrank
(11,112 posts)Rest In peace, Officer Perez.
*Over thirty years of service.
flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)I so fucking sad/mad.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)ucrdem
(15,512 posts)hamsterjill
(15,224 posts)I'll bet he was so tired he wasn't able to think straight any more. Poor man.
My sympathies to his family and friends and fellow first responders.
Damn it!!!!
chowder66
(9,098 posts)should make a comeback or maybe provide an additional way to put a handle in a slot to manually lower them. That is if people are dying because they can't break the glass. And maybe cars should come equipped with a spool of rope or some other built in features that could save lives.
laserhaas
(7,805 posts)Maybe (at least) a hammer in glovebox
underpants
(182,988 posts)defacto7
(13,485 posts)I can't imagine what the untrained and the children are dealing with.
raven mad
(4,940 posts)laserhaas
(7,805 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)should have told him to go home or stay where he was and 'police' from there.