Camp Mystic Director's Heroism

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Texas, Camp Mystic and flash flood

Camp Mystic program director recounts deadly Texas Hill Country floods: 'The counselors were heroes'

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.

Independent Journal Review · 5d

Camp Mystic Director Dies in Texas Flooding Amid Effort to Rescue Children

Eastland, 70, was the camp director and bought the camp in 1974. When floodwaters swept through his Christen summer camp, he tried to save the lives of his young campers and gave his life in the process, Fox News reported. Rep. August Pfluger (R-Texas) wrote of Eastland’s devotion to the camp.

ABC News · 1d

Texas flooding victims: From young campers to a dad saving his family, what we know about the lives lost

Young campers and a dad saving his family were among the dozens killed in the historic flash floods that tore through central Texas over the holiday weekend.

2don MSN

Camp Mystic hero killed saving girls spent years fighting for better safety after pregnant wife airlifted from flood

Richard “Dick” Eastland, the hero director of Camp Mystic, had battled floods on the grounds for decades and even once saw ...

Richard Eastland: Hero Camp Mystic Director Confirmed Dead While Trying to Save Young Girls During Devastating Texas Floods

Eastland had been part of the private Christian girls' camp since purchasing it in 1974 and had served as its director.

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Home of the Brave

A few specific sounds punctuate summer evenings in rural Iowa. A chorus of spring peepers, for example, or the shrill conk-la ...

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Who was Richard Dick Eastland? The Camp Mystic director dies trying to save girls in Texas floods

Central Texas witnessed catastrophic flash floods. At least 52 people died. Richard Eastland, Camp Mystic's director, died a ...

Irish Sun5d

Camp Mystic director’s tragic final act to save girls from Texas ...

THE director of Camp Mystic desperately tried to save young girls in a heartbreaking final act before the vacation spot was swamped by flooding. At least 27 campers and staffers were killed in ...

Austin American-Statesman3d

Camp Mystic was in the nation’s ‘most dangerous river valley ...

Despite this history, generations of parents sent their daughters to Camp Mystic, an all-girls Christian summer retreat facing the Guadalupe River in western Kerr County. Parents who spoke to the ...

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