WPBN: As rescue crews continue to scour through floodwaters that carried the 8-year-old girl away on Christmas Eve, the search for her reached its fourth day on Friday.
Jason Jeffcoat, the chief of police in Sherman, named the youngster as Clara Robinson in an update released on Friday. After their family car collided with a drainage ditch at Highway 75 and Taylor Street, Clara Robinson’s father, Will Robinson, 36, was praised as a hero for his valiant attempts to try to save his daughter, according to authorities.
Before he was overtaken by rising floodwaters, Will Robinson, a cherished basketball coach, struggled to keep her daughter close to him, according to investigators. He didn’t make it out alive.
Sherman police announced Friday that four other family members, including a 5-year-old child, had been rescued and recently released from local hospitals.
During a joint news conference with other local and state law enforcement agencies on Friday, Bart Bowman, deputy chief of operations with Sherman Fire-Rescue, stated, “We have reports that the father did have the little girl in his arms at one point during the event and later they were seen they weren’t together, so it looked like he was trying to save her, definitely.”
This week, the search was hampered by bad weather, which presented difficulties for first responders. However, the Department of Public Safety launched a helicopter to assist in the endeavor on Friday afternoon when the skies cleared.
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Finding 8-year-old Clara Robinson
The Grayson County Sheriff’s Office, Texas Parks and Wildlife, Sherman Fire-Rescue, and Texas Task Force 2 are among the rescue teams that are concentrating their search on the crash scene and extending it to a 10-mile radius from Choctaw Creek to Post Oak Creek.
Jeffcoat revealed that one of the four passengers saved following the collision was a 5-year-old child who barely avoided being swept away by a strong current. She was pulled from the creek by first responders, and after she was first unconscious, they performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation on her in the back of an ambulance.
“To be able to bring that child back to life is amazing,” Jeffcoat stated. “In a tragic time like this, it’s still a glimpse of hope that God’s good.”
The next day, she was discharged from the hospital and returned home with her mother and siblings.
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Additionally, Jeffcoat alerted the public about phony accounts requesting funds on behalf of the Robinson family. Before making a donation, he advised the public to confirm the legitimacy of any requests.
“Our main priority the past four days has been, and continues to be, finding this 8-year-old girl,” Jeffcoat stated. “We ask our community to continue praying for the family during this unfathomable time of grief.”
Given the challenging weather and the size of the area, Sherman police said on Thursday they were praying for a miracle in the search.
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“We haven’t changed the title of it. We’re still searching and hoping for a miracle,” Lt. Sam Boyle stated.
Given the challenging weather and the size of the area, Sherman police said on Thursday they were praying for a miracle in the search.
“We’re going to continue looking until we find Clara,” he stated.
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