Volunteer firefighters from Acuña, Mexico are helping rescue and recover teams in Texas after flash floods killed more than 80 people over the Fourth of July holiday weekend and left others still missing.

KERRVILLE, Texas (Gray News/AP) – Volunteer firefighters from Acuña, Mexico, are helping rescue and recover teams in Texas after flash floods killed more than 80 people over the Fourth of July holiday weekend and left others still missing.

According to a protective services government agency in Mexico, the Civil Protection Water Rescue Team and Cure Firefighters teamed up with the nonprofit organization Foundation 911 to assist in search efforts in Kerrville, Texas.

  • MyOpinion@lemmy.todayEnglish
    432·
    2 days ago

    Why in the world would you help these hateful bigots. They may literally capture you while you are there and send you to El Salvador to die in jail.

    • non_burglar@lemmy.worldEnglish
      112·
      2 days ago

      This thinking is so dangerous… Help others when they need it, it makes the world better.

      The problem with NOT helping a racist jerk in distress:

      1. Not all USA residents are racist jerks.
      2. Racism and being a jerk are generally learned behaviours, not innate.
      3. How do you tell a racist jerk from a non-racist, non-jerk?
      4. Sometimes being a good example encourages a person to not be a racist jerk.
      5. A racist jerk might help you one day.
      6. Etc

      The lesson is that we’re all people.

        • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
          13·
          2 days ago

          OK, Trump beat Harris by 14% points. That makes all 31 million Texans hateful bigots. Imagine if I said the same of any other group. I’d be banned of the entire site if I said, Jews, blacks, LGBT, women, whatever are a bunch of X.