Brooklyn Chavis (Soccer, Southeastern Louisiana University) grew up in Houston. HelloNation asks student athletes one question about the place that raised them and records the answer on camera. This is Brooklyn Chavis’s, in full.
The question
Tell a story about a moment when your hometown came together or achieved something that made you proud.
The answer, as recorded
Transcript. What follows is a transcript of the video above, in Brooklyn Chavis’s own words. It has not been rewritten, and no part of it was drafted for them.
In late August 2017, Hurricane Harvey stalled over Houston and turned our streets into rivers. In Maryland, near the intersection of South Bracewood and Stella Link, the water rose so fast that families were trapped on second floors. My neighbor, Mr. Carlos, didn't wait for the official rescue teams. He hooked a small aluminum fishing boat to his truck, drove as far as he could, then he launched into the flood water and spent 14 hours pulling people to higher ground. Across town, volunteers at the George R. Brown Convention Center worked non-stop while strangers from the Heights and Katy showed up with trucks full of diapers, water, and hot meals. Watching ordinary Houstonians, teachers, mechanics, teenagers risk everything for people they never met made me prouder of the city than any Skyliner championship ever could. That week really proved what Houston really is, a place where we don't wait for someone else to help, we just do it.
Recorded by HelloNation as part of its athlete voices program and published by Hello Newswire, HelloNation’s good news newswire. The words are the speaker’s own.
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