In neighborhoods across Dallas, Houston, and Austin—where many campers at Camp Mystic originate—parents have gathered at local churches for vigils while continuously checking social media and news outlets for updates following the flood disaster.
Messages circulated rapidly among families, sharing rumors about girls who had been found and those still missing, as they exchanged contact details, stories, and prayers.
As of Saturday afternoon, nearly 36 hours after the Guadalupe River overflowed in the early hours of July 4, 27 girls from the Christian camp in Central Texas remained unaccounted for.
The wait has been excruciating for the tightly knit community of parents and former campers connected to Camp Mystic, a retreat known for its long history and notable alumni, including three generations of descendants of former President Lyndon Johnson and Laura Bush, who once served as a counselor. Initial reports of the flooding early Friday morning triggered a frantic search amid scarce information.
Parents of campers enrolled in the session that began last weekend rushed to Kerr County after receiving a brief message from camp officials stating, “We have sustained catastrophic level floods. If your daughter is not accounted for you have been notified. If you have not been personally contacted then your daughter is accounted for.”
According to a Texas state official, approximately 750 girls were attending the camp during this session.
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