Dennisquad Aid shares a personal connection to the devastating Texas flash flood

Dennis Quaid It has a deep connection to Texas.

The “sovereign” star was born and raised in a lonely star state, but still has connections to the region. Just as Texans deal with it fatally Firefly It claimed more than 100 lives, and the actor shared a personal story about the day the flood began.

His daughter, Zoe, 17, worked as a counselor at a camp about 75 miles north of Kerrville, but Quaid told Fox News Digital when news began to break down about the flood. She had been in camp since she was a young girl, but on the night the flood began, he was unable to grab her.

Dennis Quaid makes him through good and difficult times about his faith: “We all need it.”

“I’ve heard about this because I was going to sleep that night,” Quaid explained.

He added, “I didn’t get much sleep that night.”

Quaid said the camp girl and others were “relatively safe,” but another girl from camp was Losing her family In the flood.

“One of the girls in that camp lost all the family who was camping in an RV and I think they were wiped out on the Guadalupe River,” he said.

Quaid and his wife, Laura Savoie, are also friends with the Hunt family. Owner of Clark Hunt Kansas City Chiefs9-year-old Janie Hunt lost his family in the disaster.

“You can’t imagine what it will turn out… how catastrophic it is,” he admitted.

“We just need to pray for people,” he added. Kerr County Flood Relief Fundlocal fundraising efforts supporting community relief and reconstruction efforts.

“You think about those kids that night, and it only chills my heart. There are still so many people who need to pray, so please give me lots of prayers.”

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During his conversation with Fox News Digital, Quaid also spoke about him. New movies“Sovereign” is located in the theatre and is available for digital purchases and rentals today.

Inspired by true events, the film tells the story of a father and son played by Nick Offerman and Jacob Trembray, whom the FBI considers sovereign citizens. Quaid plays the police chief who crosses the road with them.

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When Hollywood took responsibility for portraying these kinds of politically accused stories, Quaid said, “If we’re just trying to tell the story, rather than putting something else… I don’t want to compare this to Democrats or Republicans now. Even ice.

“The sovereigns are another group. They are not even sensory anarchists. They don’t belong to anything. They don’t have a driver’s license. It doesn’t seem to have a contract with the government.

Regarding portraying characters with different beliefs than he himself, Quaid told Fox News Digital:

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“(How) we think, our actions are largely dominated by the way we grew up. But is it genetic or is it the environment we were in?

Quaid explained that “sovereign” was based on a true story, and he spent time being inspired by the police chief and his personality. He then said that writer and director Christian Swegal has a family that is a sovereign citizen.

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“I think this story is a myth in a way,” he said. “It’s like something Old West. ”