Cruz: The ‘Incredible Story’ of Harvey Is the ‘Heroism We’ve Seen over and over Again’

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CRUZ: "This first stage has just been saving lives. It has been responding to the immediate crisis. That crisis is still ongoing. It’s in east Texas, Beaumont, you know, big chunks of -- of I-10 freeway are completely under water. It looks like you’re looking at the gulf of Mexico. It’s been an incredible story of -- of Hurricane Harvey, is just the -- the heroism that we’ve seen over and over and over again. You look at the Houston police officer who was killed, Sergeant Perez. He came in, his wife begged him not to go, said the water’s too high, don’t -- don't go in, he drove in anyway. He said I’ve got to, it’s my job. I got to save people. He drove in and couldn’t get to his ordinary duty station, so he went to another station to report -- report for duty and -- and got caught in fast-moving water and lost his life. I mean, those are the -- those are the stories of bravery. We’re seeing one after the other after the other. And -- and it's really what -- what has saved Houston throughout the storm."