Name: Sheriff: Search crews find bodies of both children lost in floodwaters
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Description: Johnston County Sheriff Steve Bizzell said the bodies of 5-year-old Alexa and her 4-year-old brother Abraham have both been found.

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Johnston County Sheriff Steve Bizzell said the bodies of 5-year-old Alexa and her 4-year-old brother Abraham have both been found.

<p>HOW LONG IT WILL LAST IS IN OUR FORECAST COMING UP. &gt;&gt;&gt; WELL, WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH FAMILY MEMBERS DESPERATELY WORRYING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO TWO YOUNG CHILDREN WHO WERE SWEPT AWAY IN JOHNSTON COUNTY FLOODWATERS. WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE WITH US TONIGHT, I'M KATHRYN BROWN. &gt;&gt; I'M GERALD OWENS. THIS HAPPENED JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT. TORRENTIAL RAIN CARRIED THE CAR OFF THE ROAD. RESCUERS WORKED TO SAVE THE FAMILY, BUT CAPSIZED THEIR BOAT AND LOST THE CHILDREN IN THE RUSHING WATER. WRAL KIRSTEN GUTIERREZ HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THE SEARCH FOR THE MISSING CHILDREN THROUGHOUT THE DAY, JOINING US LIVE. KIRSTEN, IT'S BEEN MORE THAN 21 HOURS SINCE THEY WERE LOST AND IN EACH HOUR THE SITUATION HAS BECOME DESPERATE. HOW IS THE FAMILY HOLDING UP? &gt;&gt; Reporter: THEY ARE DOING THE BEST THEY CAN RIGHT NOW AS YOU CAN IMAGINE. I CAN'T IMAGINE BEING IN THAT SITUATION. BUT THEY'RE HOLDING UP, JUST KEEPING THAT HOPE ALIVE. NOW THE SEARCH ENDED WITH OFFICIALS AROUND 5:30, BUT WAS PICKED UP BY FRIENDS AND FAMILY WHO SAID THEY'RE NOT GIVING UP ON HOPE, BUT THEY WOULD LAKE SOME CLOSURE. STORMS THAT BROUGHT MASSIVE FLOODING COVERED JOHNSTON COUNTY OVERNIGHT. &gt;&gt; MY NIECE AND NEPHEW WERE LOST LAST NIGHT IN THE STORM. &gt;&gt; Reporter: FOUR OAKS FIREFIGHTERS TOLD US THEY HAD 40 WATER RESCUES LAST NIGHT, BUT THE ONE THEY WERE CALLED TO ASSIST ON IN SMITHFIELD TOOK A TOLL ON THEIR WHOLE TEAM. &gt;&gt; WE HAVE RESPONDED TO HURRICANES, BUT NOTHING THIS CATASTROPHIC. &gt;&gt; Reporter: A MOTHER AND HER TWO CHILDREN WERE SWEPT AWAY BY RISING WATER WHILE DRIVING HOME. RESCUE TEAMS FROM SURROUNDING AREAS WERE CALLED IN TO HELP. &gt;&gt; WHEN THE CALL CAME, PEOPLE THAT WERE NOT BEING PAID GOT OUT OF THEIR HOUSE IN THE STORM AND WENT TO HELP SOMEBODY. THAT'S THE KIND OF COMMUNITY WE ARE. &gt;&gt; Reporter: AT ONE POINT FIREFIGHTERS HAD THE MOTHER AND THE 4-YEAR-OLD BOY. HER DAUGHTER, 5-YEAR-OLD ALEXA WAS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND. THAT'S WHEN THE RESCUE BOAT CAPSIZED, THROWING EVERYONE INCLUDING FIRST RESPONDERS INTO THE RUSHING WATER. &gt;&gt; THE BOATS WERE GETTING FLIPPED OVER. THEY HAD TO RESCUE THE RESCUE PEOPLE, SO IT WAS A LESS LAST NIGHT AND THE STORM KIND OF CAME OUT. NO ONE EXPECTED IT TO BE AS BAD AS IT WAS. &gt;&gt; Reporter: THE WOMAN'S WHITE SEDAN SEEN HERE A SHORT DISTANCE DOWN THE STREAM. DESPITE HELICOPTERS, SEARCH AND RESCUE BOATS, CADAVER DOGS, VOLUNTEERS, STILL NO SIGN OF THE TWO CHILDREN. &gt;&gt; JUST TRYING TO HAVE SOME KIND OF CLOSURE THAT THEY WILL FIND THEM ALIVE. &gt;&gt; Reporter: AS TIME PASSES, PEOPLE ARE HOLDING ON TO WHAT THEY HAVE LEFT, HOPE. &gt;&gt; I'M JUST HOPING. I'M HOPING, PRAYING THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A MIRACLE AND WE'RE GOING TO FIND THAT YOUNG LAD AND HIS SISTER. &gt;&gt; Reporter: NOW OFFICIALS TELL ME THE MOTHER WAS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL, AND A FAMILY FRIEND TELLS ME SHE IS AT HOME DOING THE BEST SHE CAN IN THIS VERY TRAGIC SITUATION. NOW THE JOHNSTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS THEY WILL RESUME SEARCH AND RESCUE EFFORTS TOMORROW MORNING AT 7:00. WRAL WILL HAVE A TEAM ON THE GROUND. WE WILL BRING YOU THE LATEST ON WRAL NEWS IN THE MORNING. BACK TO YOU. &gt;&gt;&gt; THIS WHOLE COMMUNITY IS</p>

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