The high school girls’ basketball coach who died in Sherman, Texas while attempting to save his kids is remembered by his current and past players as being upbeat and cheerful. He would have done anything, so the saying goes, to save his daughters.
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Local and state crews are continuing to search for a missing 8-year-old girl after a Christmas Eve crash in Sherman.
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Police say the girl’s father, Will Robinson, was killed while trying to rescue a young girl after the crash.
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An unresponsive 5-year-old girl was pulled from the water. She was revived and is now back home.
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Local and state crews are continuing to search for a missing 8-year-old girl after a Christmas Eve crash in Sherman.
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Police say the girl’s father, Will Robinson, was killed while trying to rescue a young girl after the crash.
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An unresponsive 5-year-old girl was pulled from the water. She was revived and is now back home.
Texas’s ShermanThe high school girls’ basketball coach and parent who passed away while attempting to save his daughters is remembered by his teammates as a patient, upbeat, and supportive person.
What We Know: Since an accident on Tuesday morning, state and local officials have been looking for an 8-year-old who has gone missing. The 8-year-old was named as Clara Robinson by Sherman police on Friday.
According to the police, an SUV transporting six passengers from Durant, Oklahoma to McKinney hydroplaned on Sherman’s Highway 75 and collided with a drainage ditch.
The SUV was carried to a nearby creek by water from the area’s intense downpour.
Clara’s father, Will Robinson, reportedly passed away while attempting to save his daughter, according to the police.
(Source: The Owen Foundation) Will Robinson
According to Sherman police, Robinson once held two young girls before they were split up.
Rescue workers rescued a 5-year-old girl out of the sea. At the moment, the girl did not respond. On the way to the hospital, paramedics resuscitate the girl by performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
The four family members that were saved have returned home.
(Reference: KXII)
According to Sherman Police, they will keep looking for Clara until they find her.
Will Robinson is a ladies basketball coach at Durant High School in Oklahoma, according to locals.
What They’re Saying: According to Kinlee Hill, Robinson used to bring Clara, who goes by “C.J.”, to practices.
“He would always bring C.J. to practice and she would always play with us,” Hill said.
Robinson’s patience is remembered by the players.
Emeri Morse remarked, “He was so patient with us girls,” “I honestly don’t think I can recall a time he ever raised his voice at us in anger.”
His support.
“We would play a game and we would lose and the way he would talk to us in the locker room afterward, you would think that we’d won,” Rachel Cordell stated. “He was just always so encouraging and uplifting and he wasn’t afraid to tell you what you could do to get better.”
His relationship with C.J.
“They were absolutely two peas in a pod,” stated Morse. “They were at practice, always together, and C.J. would just run up to him or ask for snacks.”
Sherman officials discussed the 5-year-old who was found in the water and subsequently resuscitate during Friday’s news conference.
It’s incredible to be able to witness the resuscitation of that youngster. It’s that glimmer of faith that God is good during a time of tragedy like this,” said Jason Jeffcoat, chief of police in Sherman.
According to Sherman Fire-Rescue’s Bart Bowman, “it’s absolutely remarkable that she was released the next day with no injuries after a near drowning like that.”
Sherman officials provide an update on the hunt for Clara Robinson, age eight. In Sherman, the 8-year-old was in an SUV when it collided with a drainage ditch. Will Robinson, her father, passed away after the collision.
What’s Next: On Saturday, crews will carry out the search using helicopters and drones.
Texas Task Force 2 officials report that their squad has divided up for the search.
While one member of the team searches the creeks, another searches what are referred to as “targeted areas of interest.”
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Sherman Police, KXII, and residents of Durant, Oklahoma, provided the information for this piece.
Sherman Police, KXII, and residents of Durant, Oklahoma, provided the information for this piece.
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