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Camp Mystic Director Dies in Texas Flooding Amid Effort to Rescue Children
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 process, Fox News reported. Rep. August Pfluger (R-Texas) wrote of Eastland’s devotion to the camp.
Camp staff went to bed following what seemed like routine flood warnings. Within hours, they were fighting for survival.
For nearly a century, Camp Mystic has been the Hill Country respite for Dallas’ daughters.
Nearly 30 campers at the 99-year-old Hill Country institution are still missing after flooding devastated the area on Friday.
Camp Mystic, on the banks of the Guadalupe River near Hunt, Texas, has been operated by generations of the same family since ...
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