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The twin 8-year-old girls were at Camp Mystic in Kerr County, Texas, when the deadly flash flood struck over the holiday weekend.
Among the dead was Richard “Dick” Eastland, the camp’s beloved director described by campers as a father figure. Charlotte Lauten, 19, spent nine summers at Camp Mystic, mostly recently in 2023.
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.
Mystic, a 99-year-old all-girls camp, sits in a bend on the river’s South Fork, where Cypress Creek enters the Guadalupe River. It was by far the hardest-hit of the river camps.
Texas camp director Dick Eastland reportedly sacrificed his life to save campers during devastating floods that killed nearly 70 people across Central Texas, including children from Camp Mystic.
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.
Camp Mystic has confirmed the deaths of 27 campers and counselors in the July Fourth flood. The death toll in the western Kerr County flood stands at 84, including 28 children.