Police say that 64-year-old Wendy Abbott was hit with a deluge of rushing rainwater stemming from powerful storms Abbott left a distressing phone call made to her elderly 95-year-old mother, Delores Abbott, just minutes before being swept away Police say that 64-year-old Wendy Abbott was hit with a deluge of rushing rainwater stemming from powerful storms A woman in Pennsylvania left her family a heartbreaking message that proved to be her final words just minutes before being swept up in massive floodwaters. Police say that 64-year-old Wendy Abbott was hit with a deluge of rushing rainwater stemming from powerful storms that fell on Bridgeville Wednesday night.