Texas, Camp Mystic and flash flood
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A mother and daughter share their harrowing experience of the flash flood at Camp Mystic in Texas, praising counselors who acted heroically to save children amid rising waters.
Generations of parents sent their daughters to the Christian camp on the Guadalupe. It suffered floods over the years but no one foresaw tragedy.
Camps Mystic campers and counselors were having a blast in the hours and days leading up to the deadly Texas floods — and seemingly in the dark their lives were in grave danger, according to new video.
As the Hill Country grapples with the aftermath of a treacherous flash flood, stories of hope, resilience and community support continue to emerge from the darkness
On its website on Monday morning, the camp also thanked the community, first responders and officials for support during "this unimaginable tragedy."
Scott Ruskan, a Coast Guard swimmer, is credited with saving 165 people at the all-girls’ camp from deadly floods in Central Texas.
Camp Mystic flood claims 27 lives as summer camp tragedies continue across America, from deadly flash floods and drownings to the infamous Girl Scout murders and natural disasters.
Texas inspectors signed off on Camp Mystic's emergency planning just two days before catastrophic flooding killed more than two dozen people at the all-girls Christian summer camp, most of them children.
81 people have been confirmed dead throughout the state. In Kerr County, which is where Camp Mystic and other youth camps in the Texas Hill Country are based, searchers have found the bodies of 68 people, including 28 children, Sheriff Larry Leitha said. Camp Mystic confirmed to NBC News that 27 people had died at the camp.