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Richard “Dick” Eastland, the hero director of Camp Mystic, had battled floods on the grounds for decades and even once saw ...
Eastland had been part of the private Christian girls' camp since purchasing it in 1974 and had served as its director.
A Camp Mystic program director said she went from sleeping in her bed early Friday morning to standing on the rooftop less ...
Eastland, 70, was the camp director and bought the camp in 1974. When floodwaters swept through his Christen summer camp, he tried to save the lives of his young campers and gave his life in the ...
Young campers and a dad saving his family were among the dozens killed in the historic flash floods that tore through central Texas over the holiday weekend.
Taaffe called the counselors at Camp Mystic “heroes” and wore a tie to honor them and the young girls who died during the ...
In the early morning of July 4, floods ravaged the Texas Hill Country. In less than an hour, the Guadalupe River rose 26 feet ...
About 1,000 miles away, Texas Longhorns safety Michael Taaffe stood before reporters, wearing a tie with the initials of the 28 victims from Camp Mystic.
Katherine Ferruzzo, a recent Memorial High graduate and incoming University of Texas freshman, is the sole Camp Mystic ...
An eight-year-old girl and the director of an all-girls' summer camp are among the victims of flash floods in Texas that have ...
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A few specific sounds punctuate summer evenings in rural Iowa. A chorus of spring peepers, for example, or the shrill conk-la ...
An Alabama elementary school student and twin girls from Dallas are among the more than 100 people who have died in the flash ...