‘She was everything,’ family of Houston mother killed during deadly windstorm honored with BBQ fundraiser

Local NewsBehind the Ray-Ban sunglasses, arguably hiding tears and heartbreak, stood a broken man who lost more than the mother of his four sons. Isaac Martinez , Christin's husband speaks with KPRC 2 digital producer Ahmed HumbleThey were high school sweethearts who’d been together 17 years—15 of them as husband and wife.

Christin Martinez and Isaac Martinez were high school sweethearts, married for 15 years before her untimely death due to a deadly windstorm in Houston “We were laying down, we were watching a movie together, and then that’s when a flash of lightning hit, and everything shook and the power went out,” Isaac said. “She was like, ‘Look, a branch almost fell and hit your brother’s car,’”

“As soon as she had ran out to the truck, that’s when a gust of wind came. And she ran to the truck because she thought she’d be safer in the truck. And shortly after the door closed, that’s when I heard a branch crack, and I looked up to see if something was there. And that’s when I noticed the tree started to tilt over.”Isaac, his family, and the general public gathered at Perfect Choice BBQ on Galveston Rd across from Chavez High School for a fundraiser.

And though they’re doing what they can for Isaac, their brother-in-law, it’s hard to come up with the right words to console someone who lost their literal life partner.

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