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								<h1>Former Syracuse basketball player John Gillon's family rescues mom and 3 kids in Hurricane Harvey</h1>
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												Former Syracuse player John Gillon and his family survived Hurricane Harvey, which has caused floods throughout the Houston area.
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 Syracuse, N.Y. -- John Gillon and his family helped save a mother and her three young children who had been forced from their home by the rising flood waters associated with Hurricane Harvey.
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 Gillon, the former Syracuse University basketball player, is a Houston native. He is staying with his mom and younger brother in their home in the Bellaire area of Houston.
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 "It's one of the most flooded areas in Houston, but by the grace of God, we don't have any flooding,'' Gillon said Tuesday night. "A lot of people and houses in my neighborhood are flooded, but we've been lucky.''
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 So Gillon and his mother, Phyllis, decided to venture out for a look around their neighborhood. They came upon a rescue boat that had reached its capacity, leaving Jimmie Sue Mayes and her three children stranded.
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 "They had been forced out of their home and she couldn't get to her husband,'' Gillon said. "My mom just took them in.''
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 Phyllis Gillon took the mom and her kids back to her house where they stayed for a night. The Gillons fed the family.
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 "My mom has a pretty good heart,'' Gillon said.
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 That night, John slept on the couch, giving up his bedroom to the mom, her 5-year-old and two 20-month-old twins.
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 A day later, the family was reunited with their husband/father. Jimmie Sue Mayes went to her Instagram page to offer thanks to the Gillon family.
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 Gillon and his family rode out Hurricane Harvey in their home.
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 "We were given bad information,'' he said. "On the Houston weather channels, they didn't tell anyone to evacuate. They didn't know how bad the floods would be after all that rain it would be. I was telling my mom and brothers that we should leave, but they did't want to.''
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 So they stayed inside. Gillon said the windows fogged up so much that they couldn't see out.
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 "I could hear it,'' he said.
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 After Houston had taken the main brunt of the storm and its rains began causing massive floods, Gillon said he heard from friends, including former Syracuse teammates and coaches.
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 "A lot of people checked on me,'' he said. "We're good, but the flooding is pretty incredible. My mom walked out and the water was calf-high. One of my dogs tried to chase her and she almost drowned because she's little.''
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 Gillon has friends in every part of Houston's sprawling metropolis. He has watched on the news as the area of Sugar Land has been submerged by water. His brother's school, Westbury Christian, is flooded. He knows people who have taken refuge at the George R. Brown Convention Center in downtown Houston. He said the area around Reliant Stadium, where Syracuse played in the 2016 Final Four, is really bad.
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 On Tuesday, Gillon and his mom went out again to see if any other neighbors needed help.
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 "It sucks because you can't save everybody,'' he said. "People are going to suffer. It hurts in my heart, but I'm encouraged by how many people are chipping in and trying to help. It's great to see.''
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