Texas, flood and Camp Mystic
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The 8-year-old was the final missing Camp Mystic girl after floods overtook the shores of the Guadalupe River in parts of Kerr County.
The last time Lindsey McLeod McCrory saw her daughter Blakely alive, the young girl was heading to camp wearing a simple yet profound necklace – one that would later reconnect Blakely to her mother after she died.
Records released Tuesday show Camp Mystic met state regulations for disaster procedures, but details of the plan remain unclear.
Texas Longhorns safety Michael Taaffe wore a special tie to this year’s SEC media days event honoring the flooding victims of Camp Mystic. The burnt orange tie had 27 sets of initials honoring the campers and counselors from Camp Mystic who tragically lost their lives in the flooding on the fourth
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Texas inspectors approved Camp Mystic’s emergency plan just two days before devastating floods killed over 27 people, mostly children, at the Texas summer camp.
The body of 8-year-old Virginia Hollis was found along the Guadalupe River earlier this week, more than a week after the catastrophic July 4 floods. She and at least 27 other campers and counselors from Camp Mystic were swept away. Several of the victims were from the Houston area.
A riderless horse paid a symbolic tribute to an 8-year-old Texas flood victim during the little girl's somber July 16 funeral procession in her hometown of Bellville. Virginia Hollis was one of 750 children attending Camp Mystic, an all-girls summer camp in Hunt, Texas, when devastating flash floods swept through on the morning of July 4.
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Days after floodwaters swept through Camp Mystic and other parts of Central Texas, rescuers recovered the body of camper, Virginia Hollis.