Camp Mystic parents to testify
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Parents whose children were among 27 killed at Camp Mystic on Texas' Guadalupe River during the Fourth of July flash flooding are scheduled to testify.
The parents of girls who lost their lives at Camp Mystic on July 4 will testify before the Texas Senate Disaster Preparedness and Flooding Select Committee in support of Senate Bill 1.
Between tears and anger, mothers and fathers of children who died at Camp Mystic in central Texas in a flood on July 4 pleaded with state lawmakers Wednesday to toughen safety at summer camps.
Wednesday's meeting of the Select Committee on Disaster Preparedness and Flooding is the public hearing for Senate Bill 1, which covers safety for both youth camps and campgrounds. According to the bill's author, it incorporates significant feedback from the families of children lost at Camp Mystic.
Michael McCown sent his 8-year-old daughter Linnie to a summer camp in central Texas trusting she would be safe.
Parents of children who died in the devastating July 4 flood at Camp Mystic delivered emotional testimony before Texas lawmakers on Wednesday, urging quick approval of Senate Bill 1 to improve safety standards at camps across the state.
KERRVILLE, Texas — A new foundation called the Heaven’s 27 Fund looks to honor the legacies of the 27 campers and counselors who died during the July 4 floods at Camp Mystic.
"Our children's lives were cut short because the safeguards in place were not enough," a Campaign for Camp Safety spokesperson is quoted as saying in a press release. "We are asking lawmakers to make sure no other family ever has to endure the pain we have lived with every day since July 4."
Wednesday's hearing is the first time parents of the victims are speaking to the Legislature publicly. The parents are members of a group called the Campaign for Camp Safety, which was formed to advocate for an investigation into what happened,
Families who lost daughters in the July 4 flood at Camp Mystic testified before a Senate committee in favor of SB 1 to require more safety measures at camps.
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