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				<h1 class="entry-header-top">Teen leaves heartbreaking plea on social media before Hurricane Harvey engulfs her and her family</h1>
				
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				    <p>A Texas teen girl who likely drowned with her family during the devastating Hurricane Harvey on Sunday, posted a message on Facebook shortly before she disappeared, and the heartbreaking message has many people hugging their loved ones a little tighter.</p>
<p><em>New York Post</em> <a href="http://nypost.com/2017/08/29/teen-posts-heartbreaking-message-before-shes-swept-away-by-flood/">reports</a> that at 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, 16-year-old <span class="fwn fcg"><span class="fwb fcg" data-ft="{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;;&quot;}"><a id="js_44" href="https://www.facebook.com/devy.saldivar?hc_ref=ARSUwKjdxtYOFgyifecFLyIIJUrnrDxVFWdwLYA1_mxuXruTWquDTXbYOT9kbOp-Wbc&amp;fref=nf" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100001306064581&amp;extragetparams=%7B%22hc_ref%22%3A%22ARSUwKjdxtYOFgyifecFLyIIJUrnrDxVFWdwLYA1_mxuXruTWquDTXbYOT9kbOp-Wbc%22%2C%22fref%22%3A%22nf%22%7D" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard-referer="ARSUwKjdxtYOFgyifecFLyIIJUrnrDxVFWdwLYA1_mxuXruTWquDTXbYOT9kbOp-Wbc" aria-controls="js_42" aria-haspopup="true" aria-describedby="js_43">Devy Saldivar </a></span></span> posted the message on Facebook in the midst of a tropical storm that dropped <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/08/29/harvey-has-dumped-more-water-on-houston-than-half-the-country-has-seen-all-year/?utm_term=.d576dd5e9edc">more rain in the Houston area</a> than the entire nation has seen all year.</p>
<blockquote><p>“No sleep &amp; anxiety, please let this pass sooner&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>A couple of hours after the post, Devy&#8217;s uncle &#8220;Sammy&#8221; drove her and four other family members in a pickup truck, heading towards safety when the floods swept over the vehicle and engulfed them. Devy Saldivar, 16; Dominic Saldivar, 14; Xavier Saldivar, 8; and Daisy Saldivar, 6, and their great grandparents were in the van. So far, authorities haven&#8217;t located the bodies.</p>
<p><em><strong>READ More: <a href="http://www.crimeonline.com/2017/08/28/family-of-six-drown-while-fleeing-hurricane-harvey-floods/">Family of six drown while fleeing Hurricane Harvey floods</a></strong></em></p>
<p>Sammy was the sole survivor in the incident after he managed to unbuckle his seatbelt and grab onto a tree branch for safety. Sammy told authorities he screamed for his family to get out but the flood encompassed the van quickly and it was too late.</p>
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<p>Devy&#8217;s mother, Esmeralda Saldivar, was not in the van with her family. After she heard the news, she got in a boat and went searching for her children.</p>
<p>“It’s so unfair,&#8221; Esmeralda <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/hurricane-harvey/six-family-members-swept-away-van-feared-dead-texas-floodwaters-n796891">said while crying</a>. They were good kids. They didn’t deserve to die this way&#8230;&#8230;Devy loved animals, Starbucks and thrift store shopping. She was my sunflower, my sunshine.&#8221;</p>
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<p>After her Facebook post, numerous friends and family members posted on Devy&#8217;s page, offering condolences and reminiscing about time spent with her.</p>
<p>Harrison County authorities indicated that they&#8217;ll begin another search for the family once the water recedes.</p>
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