Clinging to Her Drowning ‘Mama,’ a Little Girl Survives the Raging Flood<br />Some episodes are particularly haunting, like the tale of Jordyn<br />and her mother Colette Sulcer, 41, a nurse who died on Tuesday in the flooding in Beaumont, about 100 miles from waterlogged Houston, as her daughter clung to her body.<br />Most of the victims identified so far also drowned: Agnes Stanley, 89, who was found floating in four feet of water inside her Houston home, where she lived alone; Alexander Sung, 64,<br />a clockmaker in South Houston, who died in his beloved store after trying to rescue merchandise; Joshua Feuerstein, 33, who the police said drove around a barricade, a fatal mistake.<br />“We’re a service family that takes pride in giving back to our community,” said Ms. Logan, also a nurse.<br />Ms. Logan said she and others in the family often referred to Ms. Sulcer by a nickname, Nan Nan, adding<br />that she enjoyed caring for her daughter, traveling, watching cooking shows and listening to music.<br />Ms. Sulcer, a surgical nurse, and her only daughter had tried to escape the flooding Tuesday in their car, taking a service road of Interstate 10.<br />“I always called her baby girl,” said Mr. LaBouef, a retired surgical assistant.<br />“It’s a tragedy that her mama died, but it’s a miracle that Jordyn survived.”<br />With the death toll from Hurricane Harvey climbing to 38, those who survived the storm are<br />just now learning the names of those who did not and the terrible ways in which they died.<br />Relatives described Ms. Sulcer as a dedicated nurse who entered the profession after the death years ago of her mother, who was also a nurse.<br />“Jordyn told me they were in the yucky water for quite a while,” Ms. Logan said.
