![]() Some people in Ellicott City’s historic downtown say they are determined to rebuild. With waters receded, residents of the flood-prone town are facing another daunting comeback since the last terrible flood deluged their beloved downtown, smashing inventory and ripping up floors and pavement. He was described by those who knew him as an affable, generous man. Air Force and a sergeant in the Maryland Army National Guard. Hermond, of Severn, Maryland, was a veteran of the U.S. He disappeared while trying to help a woman who was escaping the flooded zone with her cat. And I can’t even imagine the loss his family is suffering,” said Nicholas Johnson, owner of a store near the spot where Hermond vanished. “To have died helping somebody else is incredible. He was the only person reported missing in Ellicott City - established in 1772 as a mill town - where many now can’t get the roar of rushing waters out of their heads. On Tuesday afternoon, Hermond’s body was located in the Patapsco River. ![]() It was the second time Ellicott City’s downtown district was hit by deadly floodwaters in less than two years. He disappeared late Sunday afternoon, following torrential rains that prompted destructive flash flooding in historic Ellicott City. Volunteers and crews with trained dogs had been methodically hunting for 39-year-old Eddison Hermond. Searchers on Tuesday scouring a river alongside an historic Maryland town ripped apart by flash flooding found the body of a man last seen being swept away by the raging waters as it gutted shops and pushed parked cars into swollen tributaries. ![]()
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