In the gut as the guy tried to seize him. The boy implored the guy, “Take my brother first,” refusing to be saved while his family was still in danger.
Jordan insisted that if only one of them survived, it would be his younger brother, even though he himself couldn’t swim. The guy obeyed Jordan’s order as time was running out,
Grabbing 10-year-old Blake Rice off the car’s top and dragging him to safety. Both Donna and Jordan had been carried away by the current when the savior turned around.
Sadly, neither would live, and their remains were subsequently found downstream, many kilometers away. Thirty-five people would die that day as a result of the flood.
Along with his mother, Jordan Rice’s burial was attended by throngs of people. Before he and his mother were buried, relatives and friends listened to the recounting of Jordan’s dying moments.
