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Eastland, 70, was the camp director and bought the camp in 1974. When floodwaters swept through his Christen summer camp, he ...
A Camp Mystic program director said she went from sleeping in her bed early Friday morning to standing on the rooftop less than an hour later.
Richard “Dick” Eastland, the hero director of Camp Mystic, had battled floods on the grounds for decades and even once saw his pregnant wife airlifted from the Texas property because of a deluge, ...
Taaffe called the counselors at Camp Mystic “heroes” and wore a tie to honor them and the young girls who died during the ...
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.
Camp Mystic was hosting 750 children this week when deadly flooding in Texas devastated the state, which has left over 80 ...
Petty Officer Scott Ruskan is being called an 'American hero' after helping rescue 165 people trapped at Camp Mystic in Kerr ...
Her father, Ty Badon, joined the search for his daughter in Hunt, Texas, and told CNN that while calling out her name he ...
Dick Eastland was swept away by the deadly current as he and his son went from cabin to cabin to get campers to higher ground.
Generations of parents sent their daughters to the Christian camp on the Guadalupe. It suffered floods over the years but no one foresaw tragedy.
"He died a hero." Katheryn Eads and her husband were camping in ... Dick Eastland, who served as the longtime director of Camp Mystic with his wife, died trying to save the lives of his campers, ...
"Once I was in the attic, I gave 911 our names and our address so that they could identify our bodies," Ashley Smith shared of her experience ...