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Camp Mystic Parents Demand Changes

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Tearful parents of Camp Mystic flooding victims plead for tougher safety measures
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.

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'My daughter was stolen from us': Texas parents who lost children in Camp Mystic flooding speak at hearing
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Camp Mystic parents' emotional pleas spur Senate Committee to pass safety reforms
Parents of 27 killed in flash flood at Camp Mystic beg Texas lawmakers to add new safeguards
Parents of the 27 campers and counselors killed when floodwaters rushed through a summer camp in Texas' Hill Country pleaded with lawmakers Wednesday to pass a bill that would boost camp safety.

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Texas Senate to take up summer camp safety bill after emotional testimony
‘Beginning of change’: Mom of missing Mystic camper speaks at Texas Capitol
“My daughter was stolen from me": Grieving parents point to Texas camp failures at Capitol hearing
“Had the requirements of SB 1 been in place on the night of July 4, I have no doubt that some lives, if not all lives, would have been saved,” Perry said.

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Parents of kids swept away in Texas floods beg lawmakers to protect future campers
Mom of missing Camp Mystic camper shares heartfelt tribute of daughter

Texas legislators hear gut-wrenching testimony from Camp Mystic parents pleading for laws to protect youth camps

The families shared stories of unimaginable grief and heartache as they pleaded with committee members to pass SB 1 to ensure Texas youth camps are safer.

'I lied to her': Camp Mystic families detail daughters' deaths

On Wednesday, for the first time, Camp Mystic families detailed their experience of their daughters who died in Texas Hill Country flooding.

Lawmakers blast Camp Mystic for telling counselors not to evacuate cabins

The families testified that counselors were told not to move children out of cabins until they received instructions to do so, even though floodwaters were rising.

New fund will collect donations for Camp Mystic campers and counselors killed in July 4 floods

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.
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