Families Grieve As Identities Of Camp Mystic Flood Victims Are Revealed
Texas Flood Disaster at Camp Mystic Leaves Families Grieving
On July 4th, devastating flash floods struck Camp Mystic, a private Christian girls’ summer camp near Hunt, Texas, leaving at least five young girls dead and eleven still missing. The Guadalupe River rose nearly 30 feet, flooding cabins where over 750 campers were staying.
Richard “Dick” Eastland, the beloved 70-year-old camp director, died while trying to save the girls as torrential rain fell rapidly.
Many of the missing and deceased were among the youngest campers, who slept in lower cabins closer…