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Article snippet: Clinging to a tree branch in torrential rain and howling winds, Ruaridh Connellan fought against the ferocious current of Houston’s Greens Bayou. His was body weak and under water. Are we going to die, he asked over and over again to a colleague hugging the trunk of the tree. For 18 hours starting on Monday afternoon, the two journalists for The Daily Mail and another man gripped the only thing keeping them from being sucked into the raging river. Helicopters circled above and rescue crews were off in the distance, but their screams were not heard. Just before noon Tuesday, three members of the Texas Department of Public Safety in a powerboat spotted the men and pulled them to safety, making them among the lucky few who came face to face with Hurricane Harvey’s wrath and survived. But four other men with them had been swept away and were missing, and their relatives frantically started an effort online to find them. The bodies of two of them were later found, and the two other men remain missing. But during a week in which Harvey delivered one devastating blow after another, the harrowing story of survival is among those that have captured people’s attention through news reports and social media. It is among the instances in which people trying to rescue others ended up needing rescuing — and in which those chronicling the devastation couldn’t help but be swept up in it. Their story reflects the mind-boggling and unforgiving destruction wrought by Harvey. “We wer... Link to the full article to read more