Rep. Pfluger reunited with daughters after Texas camp flooding disaster

A Republican legislator stated he was reunited together with his two daughters who attended a Christian summer time camp that was destroyed when lethal floods had been swept by Central Texas on weekends.

Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, stated his two daughters had been evacuated from Camp Mystic, a camp alongside the banks of the Guadalupe River in Hunt, Texas.

“Camille, Vivian and I are actually being reunited with Caroline and Juliana who had been evacuated from Camp Mystic,” Pfluger stated about his household. “The final day has introduced many households unimaginable disappointment and we mourn them and preserve hope for survivors.”

From Sunday morning, 5 younger ladies who stayed in Camp Mystic had been confirmed to demise. Kerr County officers confirmed that 27 campers nonetheless missed about 36 hours after the flood. There have been 750 attendees when the wall of the water hit the camp.

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“The camp was fully destroyed,” 13-year-old Elinor Lester, one of many lots of of campers, advised The Related Press. “A helicopter landed and began to take folks away. It was actually scary.”

Gov. Greg Abbott from Texas has sworn that rescuers “don’t cease till we discover each lady who was in these huts” in Camp Mystic.

In a separate submit, PFLUGER praised the heroism of camp advisers and others who acted to avoid wasting lives in the course of the peak of the floods.

“There are numerous heroes who acted so bravely throughout this tragic state of affairs – who sacrificed – thanks … and for many of you we’ll by no means know the tales or perceive what you could have executed! However thanks!” The congressman wrote.

PFLUGER stated that the co-owner of Camp Mystic, Dick Eastland, sacrificed his life to avoid wasting the ladies who attended the camp.

“Camp Mystic’s Dick Eastland undoubtedly gave his life to avoid wasting his campers,” Pfluger wrote in a third message.. “For many years, he and his spouse Tweety has solid his life in loving and creating women and girls of character. Thanks, Mr. Eastland. We love you and miss you.”

Crews are engaged on eradicating rubble from the Code Loop Bridge alongside the Guadalupe River on Saturday 5 July 2025 in Ingram, Texas. (AP Photograph/Rodolfo Gonzalez)

The floods in Kerr County killed no less than 59 folks, together with 21 kids. Officers confirmed that no less than eight folks died in close by provinces.

Different tales about heroism began to return up because the flood water deteriorates in Texas.

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry praised Emma Foltz, a resident of Alexandria, Louisiana, and a senior on Louisiana Tech College, who labored as a camp advisor at Camp Mystic in Texas for 3 years.

A flooded operating path in Louise Hays Park, alongside the banks of the Guadalupe River, Saturday 5 July 2025, in Kerrville, Texas. (AP Photograph/Rodolfo Gonzalez)

“She performed an necessary position in serving to evacuating 14 of her campers in security,” Landry wrote in a Fb message. “Please go along with me to thank Emma for all her arduous work and braveness beneath monumental stress.”

Elsewhere in Kerr County, a household helped save a girl’s life after she was wiped down for 20 miles downstream and clamped a tree for hours within the lethal flashy floods.

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PFLUGER requested the viewers to “pray for wonders” whereas crews proceed to search for survivors of the floods, together with 11 younger ladies and a counselor who was lacking in Camp Mystic.

Alexandra Koch and Bailee Hill from Fox Information Digital contributed to this report.