India, July 6 -- A young man tragically died while he tried to save his family from rising floodwaters in Ingram, Texas, early Friday morning, July 4. Texas Governor Greg Abbott said on Friday that the mass casualty flooding event along the Guadalupe River was totally unpredictable. No forecast was able to indicate how severe the rain would end up being.

At least 24 people have died due to the flooding, including 27-year-old Julian Ryan. His family claimed he died from injuries he sustained while trying to rescue them from the rising waters, according to CBS Austin.

Ryan lived in a mobile home in Ingram with his family, just 200 yards from the Guadalupe River. His fiance Tina Wilson said that her children, fiance and mother-in-law were ...