Camp Mystic counselor, campers remain missing
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As floodwaters rose in Texas, camp counselors hoisted children onto rafters, carried them to dry ground and sang with them to keep them calm
Records released Tuesday show Camp Mystic met state regulations for disaster procedures, but details of the plan remain unclear.
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Stacy Stevens, whose daughter Mary Barrett Stevens was among the 27 killed when tragedy struck the all-girls Christian camp on July 4, said the youngster’s beloved brown monkey was swept away in the deadly floodwaters.
After deadly flooding swept through parts of Texas last week, a Colorado family is stepping up to help the camp that shaped their lives for generations.
Controversy erupted after a fundraiser for Sade Perkins, a former Houston official who made racial comments about the 27 girls who died in Camp Mystic floods.
At least 19 of the cabins at Camp Mystic were located in designated flood zones, including some in an area deemed “extremely hazardous” by the county.