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Camp Mystic director offers tearful apology to victims’ families during legislative hearing

The Independent·Jim Vertuno·about 1 month ago
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A director of the all-girls Christian camp in the Texas Hill Country where 25 campers and two counselors were killed in a 2025 flood offered a tearful apology Tuesday as state lawmakers questioned the owners' efforts to reopen in May. Edward Eastland’s words came as dozens of the girls’ family members sat just feet behind him during the second day of a special legislative hearing in which state lawmakers posed tough questions about Camp Mystic's lack of emergency planning before the devastating July 4 flood. A report of findings is expected later this year. “We tried our hardest that night. It wasn’t enough to save your daughters,” said Eastland, a camp director and a member of the family that owns the 100-year-old camp along the Guadalupe River.…

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