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Players remember coach who died trying to rescue daughter
Current and former players of a high school girls' basketball coach who died in Sherman, Texas while trying to rescue his daughters remember him for being positive and uplifting. They say he would've done anything to save his daughters.
SHERMAN, Texas - A father and high school girls' basketball coach who died while trying to rescue his daughters is being remembered by his players for being uplifting and encouraging and always being patient.
What We Know: Local and state crews have been searching for a missing 8-year-old since a crash on Tuesday morning. On Friday, Sherman police identified the 8-year-old as Clara Robinson.
Police say an SUV carrying six people from Durant, Oklahoma to McKinney hydroplaned while on Highway 75 in Sherman and crashed into a drainage ditch.
Waters from the heavy rain in the area swept the SUV to a nearby creek.
Police say Will Robinson, Clara's father, died while trying to rescue his daughter.
Will Robinson (Source: The Owen Foundation)
Sherman police say that two little girls were in Robinson's arms at one time before they were separated.
A 5-year-old girl was pulled out of the water by rescue crews. The girl was unresponsive at the time. Paramedics performed CPR on the girl on the way to the hospital and revived her.
The four rescued family members are now back at home.
Sherman Police say they will continue to search for Clara until she is found.
Community members say Will Robinson is a girls basketball coach at Durant High School in Oklahoma.
What They're Saying: Kinlee Hill remembers Robinson bringing Clara, also known as "C.J." to practices.
"He would always bring C.J. to practice and she would always play with us," Hill said.
The players remember Robinson for his patience.
"He was so patient with us girls," Emeri Morse said. "I honestly don't think I can recall a time he ever raised his voice at us in anger."
His encouragement.
"We would play a game and we would lose and the way he would talk to us in the locker room afterward, you would think that we'd won," Rachel Cordell said. "He was just always so encouraging and uplifting and he wasn't afraid to tell you what you could do to get better."
And his bond with C.J.
"They were absolutely two peas in a pod," Morse said. "They were at practice, always together, and C.J. would just run up to him or ask for snacks."
At Friday's news conference, Sherman officials spoke about the 5-year-old who was revived after being found in the water.
"To be able to experience bringing that child back to life is amazing. In a tragic time like this, it's that glimpse of hope that God is good," said Sherman Police Chief Jason Jeffcoat.
"With a near drowning like that, it's absolutely remarkable that she was released the next day with no injuries," said Bart Bowman from Sherman Fire-Rescue.
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Sherman Police on missing 8-year-old: FULL BRIEFING
Officials in Sherman give an update on the search for 8-year-old Clara Robinson. The 8-year-old was in an SUV that crashed into a drainage ditch in Sherman. Her father, Will Robinson, died following the crash.
What's Next: Crews, including drones and helicopters, will continue the search on Saturday.
Officials with Texas Task Force 2 say it has split its team for the search.
Part of the team is searching the creeks and another is searching what they call "targeted areas of interest."