Young campers and a dad saving his family were among the dozens killed in the historic flash floods that tore through central Texas over the holiday weekend.

The mother-in-law of Julian Ryan, the 27-year-old father who was killed in the Texas floods as he was trying to save his family, is remembering him as a hero.

Julian Ryan’s final words to his mother, as floodwaters quickly engulfed their trailer home, were simply, “I love you.”