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This guy playing the piano in his flooded Texas home is eerily peaceful

A father just wanted to take a moment amidst the chaotic scene in his flood-hit home.

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(Aric Harding/Instagram)

This is the moment Aric Harding returned to his flooded home in Texas – and started to play his treasured piano.

The pastor and father-of-seven waded through flood waters to retrieve items from the family home in Friendswood, just south of Houston, when he decided to “take a moment”.

The water almost submerges the piano stool but has not reached the piano keys.

Harding wanted to show his 13-year-old son, an avid piano player, that the instrument was still working.

“I decided to take a moment and play and take it all in,” Harding told CNN.

At the end of the impromptu recital, Harding can be heard saying the instrument needs to be tuned.

Harding posted the video on Instagram, writing: “I went back to our street today because as you guys have probably seen the water has come back with a vengeance. I hope this was its high point.

“I grabbed the kids’ favourite stuffed animals that we had left behind and a couple of games to keep the kids occupied.”

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