"The river grew ferocious, lifting the structure off its pillars. The house broke apart. Parsley and his family were caught in a flash flood. His sister, Alissa, fought for survival with her children."
"The board called 'The River House Broke. We Rushed in the River' an 'extraordinary personal account of survival and loss written days after the historic Central Texas floods that tore the writer's house out from under him and his family, taking the life of his nephew.'"
"'I'm really proud to be a part of Texas Monthly, and I'm really proud of my family, and I think that's what I'm feeling most right now,' Parsley said."
Aaron Parsley and his family faced a catastrophic flash flood at their river house, resulting in the loss of his 20-month-old nephew, Clay. The floodwaters rose rapidly, destroying their home and forcing his sister to fight for survival with her children. Parsley later documented this traumatic experience in a piece titled 'The River House Broke. We Rushed in the River,' which won the Pulitzer Prize in Feature Writing. The award recognized the piece as an extraordinary personal account of survival and loss amidst the Central Texas floods.
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