Houston criminal defense attorney Randy Schaffer’s wife, Mollie Schaffer, was recovered and confirmed deceased by his law office, the Schaffer Firm.

The couple was staying at the River Inn in Hunt, Texas, when the manager urged them to evacuate in the early morning of July 5, according to Randy’s Facebook post.

Mollie attempted to drive their vehicle away from the flooding until the water began rising up to their windows.

Randy said Mollie urged him to dive out of the vehicle, feet first.

“I tried, but my seat was low, the window was high, and I fell back onto the seat,” he said in the post. “The last words she ever spoke were, ‘You have to push harder.’ I pushed as hard as I could and went out the window.”

Once he got out, Randy clung to a pole to keep his head above water. But when he surveyed the area for Mollie and their vehicle, he realized she had been swept into the river.

“I held onto that pole for an hour, climbing up as the water rose. When I was about six inches from the top of the pole, the water started to recede. At some point, my feet hit the ground. It was pitch black, and I couldn’t see. There was no power at the River Inn. Once I determined that I could safely cross the road, I stood under a walkway until daylight. I then walked down the road looking for Mollie and the car but didn’t see them,” he shared in the post.

His wife’s body was recovered on Sunday, he said.

“Mollie died in a manner consistent with how she lived — selflessly taking care of someone else before she took care of herself,” Randy said. “She saved my life. It wasn’t my day to die. I wish that it hadn’t been hers.”