Minnesota Task Force 1, made up of primarily five agencies, just returned from a two-week mission in Texas. Now, team members are sharing their firsthand accounts of the natural disaster — both of heartbreak and heroism.

Kansas’ Task Force 1 (KS-TF1) has returned to the Sunflower State after 15 long days of search and rescue operations in flooded parts of Texas. The 15 members of the KS-TF1 returned to their families,