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Article: Girl dies in area flooding: Haltom City mobile home residents forced to flee.

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June 19, 2007
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Byline: Laurie Fox and Debra Dennis

Jun. 19--HALTOM CITY -- As the water rose silently in the dark, only a few eerie sounds announced its presence.

The clunking of floating cars and trash containers.

A 7-year-old girl's fearful shouts.

A dog's insistent barking.

By the time residents in the Skyline Mobile Home Park realized what was happening, a threatening sea of debris and rushing water forced panicked families to flee to roofs and into trees.

But some didn't make it to higher ground. A 4-year-old girl was torn from her mother's grasp as they tried to flee in a neighbor's boat. Alexandria Collins was found dead ...

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