{"id":30306,"date":"2025-07-08T21:16:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T21:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=30306"},"modified":"2025-07-08T21:16:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T21:16:12","slug":"hero-dad-left-heartbreaking-goodbye-voicemails-to-kids-before-dying-in-texas-floods-it-doesnt-look-like-we-are-going-to-make-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=30306","title":{"rendered":"Hero dad left heartbreaking goodbye voicemails to kids before dying in Texas floods: \u2018It doesn\u2019t look like we are going to make it\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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KERRVILLE, Texas \u2014 A Texas father left heartbreaking goodbye voicemails for his kids just moments before he and his wife were swept away by raging floodwaters, according to the couple\u2019s son.<\/p>\n

Jeff Ramsey, 61, an insurance salesman from Lewisville, is still missing after the\u00a0deadly torrent struck his Airstream camper<\/a>\u00a0at the HTR RV Park in Kerrville, where he was staying with his wife, Tanya, 46, and the couple\u2019s whippet dog, Chloe.<\/p>\n

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Jeff and Tanya Ramsey with their dog before their deaths in the floodsObtained by the NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Text messages showing the campsite being evacuated due to floods.Obtained by the NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cOnce they realized there was nothing they could do, my stepmom was on the phone with her mom while my dad made a call to me and my sister. We were asleep. He left us a message saying he was not going to make it and that he loved us so much, telling us goodbye,\u201d the couple\u2019s son, Jake, told The Post.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe called me once he realized there was no hope. It was a short voicemail. He just left me a voicemail. He said, \u2018Buddy. I love you so much. It doesn\u2019t look like we are going to make it. Tell Rachey I love her.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Jeff also used some of his final moments before\u00a0the water overtook him<\/a>\u00a0to warn Tanya\u2019s brother and her mother, who were staying at another cabin about 150 yards up from the river, of the impending danger, calling them at 4:30 that morning.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe rescued them because they would have slept in and they would have washed away. That cabin was destroyed, completely underwater. He saved their lives,\u201d said Jake.<\/p>\n

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Jeff used his last moments to warn his brother-in-law and mother-in-law about the floods.Obtained by the NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The couple were most recently staying at the HTR RV Park in Kerrville, Texas, before the floods occurred.Obtained by the NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Jeff\u2019s wife, Tanya Ramsey, however, was later discovered by her distinctive tattoos, but their dog miraculously survived and was found at a local animal shelter.LP Media<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Jeff still remains missing after the devastating floods have already caused mass casualties in the area.Obtained by the NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Rescuers later found Tanya\u2019s body, identifying her by her distinctive tattoos.<\/p>\n

Miraculously, the family found the pup Chloe at a local animal shelter because she had been microchipped.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was the only good news that we\u2019ve gotten all weekend. My sister and I were overjoyed because that is such a huge piece of my dad\u2019s heart and my step-mom\u2019s heart,\u201d said Jake.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were so excited to figure out that she was coming home.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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