He emerged empty-handed, saying that if he hadn't been so big, he, too, would have been sucked in by the swift current. One of his men jumped into the water at the opening of the eighteen-inch-wide drain to see if he could feel anything inside. Karen called 911.įirefighters from the Houston Fire Department arrived on the scene with Fire Captain Bob Crenek in charge. Krystal ran inside and told her Aunt Karen what had happened.

The water didn't look dangerous, but within moments, seven-year-old Tricia was dragged down by a rushing current and sucked into a storm drain. By 7:00 that evening, after the storm had stopped and water was being redirected into Houston's storm drains and bayous, Karen Reese allowed her daughter, Tricia, and niece, Krystal Killingsworth, to play outside in the flooded street. On June 26, 1989, Tropical Storm Allison blew into Texas and dropped ten inches of rain in one day. It airs in syndication on Episode 195S: Snowmobile Save Storm Drain Girl. 195S Storm Drain Girl is the fifth story from the fourth episode of Season 1, which aired on Septemon CBS.