Authorities say a husband and wife died in each other's arms after they were swept away by floodwaters as they drove to a polling station in rural Missouri early on Election Day. Wright County Sheriff Sonny Byerley says the two were regular election volunteers and that they were driving to the polling place in Manes, Missouri, around 4:30 a.m.
In a photo released by the Missouri State Highway Patrol, tractor trailer sits submerged in flood water on US 63 just north of Cabool, Mo., Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. In a photo released by the Missouri State Highway Patrol, a tractor trailer sits submerged in flood water on US 63 just north of Cabool, Mo., Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. In a photo released by the Missouri State Highway Patrol, patrol vehicles and rescue boats are from rescue efforts on a swollen river in Manes Mo., Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024.
News spread fast among the couple’s friends in tiny, tightknit unincorporated Manes, Missouri, where voters filled out their ballots in a music hall that regularly hosts performances by local artists. “You couldn’t go wrong with either one of them,” Ledford said. “Chuck stood up for the innocent, and Cathie would feed the poor. She did. I watched her do it. No one went hungry around her.”
Three teenage boys in another car that was swept away at about the same time were able to swim to safety, and they knocked on the door of a nearby house to call 911. Byerley said the boys then returned to the surging water to try to reach the Baldwins.But the current was too strong and the teens couldn’t get to them.
Snyder said she immediately burst into tears. Her friends had drowned about 2 miles from the music hall.
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