一个9岁男孩的母亲在他被绑架后大声疾呼在肯塔基州被洪水冲走并杀死在袭击该地区的四天历史性风暴中。
根据富兰克林县验尸官办公室的说法，周五早上，加布里埃尔·安德鲁斯在前往受灾严重的法兰克福的学校汽车站时被洪水冲走。
加布里埃尔喜欢篮球和足球，“有最美丽的笑容”，并且“爱他接触的每一个人”，他的母亲雷切尔·安德鲁斯告诉ABC新闻。
“我被社区对我儿子的爱淹没了，”她补充道。
为期四天的致命风暴从周三开始，以灾难性的洪水和破坏性的龙卷风摧毁了美国中部。23人死亡，死亡人数横跨肯塔基州、田纳西州、密苏里州、佐治亚州、阿肯色州、密西西比州和印第安纳州。
肯塔基州的富兰克林县受到了威胁生命的暴雨的严重袭击，雷切尔·安德鲁斯说，她对周五的现场学校没有取消感到“震惊”。
“那天不应该有学校，”她说。
富兰克林县学区本周正在放春假，负责人马克·科普没有立即回应ABC新闻周一的评论请求。
但科普在周五对加布里埃尔的死亡发表了评论，在一份声明中说，“我们对这一可怕的悲剧深感悲痛。”
“我们不仅仅是一个学校系统，我们是富兰克林县学校的一个大家庭，我们一起分担这一损失。此时，我们正与学校的支持人员合作，为需要帮助的学生、教职员工提供服务，”科普说。“我们永远感谢来自市县机构的社区急救人员，他们在这种情况下无私地提供了帮助。”
Mom remembers 9-year-old son who died in Kentucky floodwaters while walking to school bus stop
The mother of a 9-year-old boy is speaking out after he wasswept away and killed by floodwaters in Kentuckyduring the four days of historic storms that pounded the region.
Gabriel Andrews was swept away by the floodwaters on Friday morning while walking to his school bus stop in hard-hit Frankfort, according to the Franklin County Coroner’s Office.
Gabriel, who enjoyed basketball and football, "had the most beautiful smile" and "loved everyone he came in contact with," his mother, Racheal Andrews, told ABC News.
"I’m overwhelmed with the love that the community had for my son," she added.
The four days of deadly storms began on Wednesday, devastating the central U.S. with catastrophic flooding and destructive tornadoes. Twenty-three people have died, with the fatalities spanning Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, Georgia, Arkansas, Mississippi and Indiana.
Franklin County, Kentucky, was hit especially hard by the life-threatening rain, and Racheal Andrews said she is "devastated" that in-person school wasn't canceled on Friday.
"There never should have been school that day," she said.
The Franklin County School District is on spring break this week and superintendent Mark Kopp did not immediately respond to ABC News' request for comment on Monday.
But Kopp commented on Gabriel's death on Friday, saying in a statement, "We are deeply saddened at this horrific tragedy."
"We are more than a school system, we are a family at Franklin County Schools, and we share this loss together. At this time, we are working with support staff at our schools and offering services to our students, faculty, and staff who need assistance," Kopp said. "We are eternally grateful for our community first responders from both city and county agencies who selflessly responded to assist in this situation."
