The body of a young college student who went missing during the horrific Texas floods has since been returned to her grieving hometown to be laid to rest - escorted by a miles-long procession of emergency responders and heartbroken community members.
Claire 'Reese' Manchaca, a 21-year-old architecture student at the University of Texas at San Antonio, was staying at a country house in Kerr County with three friends to celebrate Fourth of July weekend.
The entire home - along with Reese and her friends - was swept away when the '30-foot tsunami wall of water' surged through, obliterating cabins along the Guadalupe River and destroying everything in its path.
Following an extensive search, her body was finally found on Monday amid the devastation left behind.
On Wednesday afternoon, Reese was honored with a police escort through the Houston-area community of Porter as she was brought back home to Conroe.
