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Stephanie Gardiner

MYSTERIOUS: Forever missed the final call before mum swept away | Mind Blowing Facts

An inquest has been told of the grief surrounding the last moments of two flood victims in Eugowra. (PR IMAGE PHOTO)

Chris Smith stood against a wall of water trying in vain to save his mother, who was clinging to a tree to survive a ferocious flood.

Nearly three years after the record-breaking flash flood wiped out the village of Eugowra, in central western NSW, on November 14, 2022, Mr Smith chose to stand - not sit - in a courtroom to honour her.

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