Camp Mystic Parents Demand Changes
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On Wednesday, for the first time, Camp Mystic families detailed their experience of their daughters who died in Texas Hill Country flooding.
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The Texas Tribune on MSNHistory repeated itself when the Guadalupe River swept away Camp Mystic. Why few lessons were learned after the 1987 flood.
The Fourth of July flood bore a striking similarity to the Hill Country flood that killed 10 summer campers in 1987. In the following years, officials took little action to protect against the next storm.
Texts and emails obtained by ABC News show how officials with a Texas river authority responded as the July Fourth floods ravaged Kerr County.
Katherine, just 19, was among the 27 girls who died at Camp Mystic on July 4, when the Guadalupe River exceeded its banks. Along with her co-counselor in the Bubble Inn cabin, Katherine stayed with her campers. That must have taken tremendous courage as ...