Julian Ryan died on July 4 after punching out a window and cutting his arm in order to save his family from the Texas floodwater that engulfed his home.

Hundreds were missing, including over two dozen girls at a summer camp, and as minutes stretched into hours, hope gave way to grief. More than 90 people, including 28 children, were killed in the catastrophic Texas floods and the death toll continues to rise,

He looked at me and the kids and my mother-in-law and said, ‘I’m sorry, I’m not going to make it. I love you all,” Julian Ryan’s fiancée, Christinia Wilson, recalled.