died in floodwaters<\/a> on the city\u2019s Northeast Side.<\/p>\nStevie Richards, 42, was among 11 people whose cars were swept up by a sudden wall of water near Loop 410 and Perrin Beitel.<\/p>\n
Most ended up in Beitel Creek nearby.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s very challenging for me because it still seems like just yesterday it happened,\u201d Richards said. \u201cBut with my faith and my belief, I just hold onto that to try to make it through the day.\u201d<\/p>\n
Stevie Richards, 42, was among the people killed during the catastrophic floods on Thursday, June 12, 2025. (Courtesy of Elecia Matthews)<\/p>\n
Memories of the day she lost her husband play on repeat in her mind.<\/p>\n
Richards said the morning began with a phone call from her husband, initially saying he had a change of heart about going to work and was heading home.<\/p>\n
While she was on the phone with him, she said Stevie suddenly described being caught up in flooding.<\/p>\n
She could hear the situation grow more and more dire over the phone, eventually ending with the call disconnecting. <\/p>\n
\u201cMy husband was my life. Literally. And with him being gone, things are just different, totally different. It\u2019s never going to the be the same,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
What began with grief eventually led to anger for Richards.<\/p>\n
A native of Houston, she said flooded roads were nothing new to her or her husband.<\/p>\n
The type of deluge that ended his life, though, was something she said she had never seen.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel like nothing was done to prevent something like this from happening, so it makes me angry,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Although it appears some repairs have been made in the area, a bridge near Perrin Beitel and Vicar Street that was damaged by the careening cars remains in ruins.<\/p>\n
Richards, who still lives in the area, has to pass by that sight almost every day. <\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t close my eyes because I\u2019m driving,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019ll turn away.\u201d<\/p>\n
With her faith, she said she has slowly been working through her anger and feels she now is taking steps toward living in peace. <\/p>\n
\u201cI had to actually take a road to get to this point because that life-changing morning, yeah, it just does not go away,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Another thing that Richards said has helped with her healing is holding onto the good memories she has of her husband. <\/p>\n
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