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According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, it happened at around 3:30 p.m. on July 4. An 18-year-old was operating a jet boat when it drifted over the child who was swimming in the river.

Kendra Wright, a survivor of the tragic 1987 Guadalupe River Flood, shares her story and a message to the victims of this year's Independence Day Floods.