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Two 8-year-old Austin girls died in Kerr County flooding; community and school district support grieving families.
TODAY's Jenna Bush Hager, whose mother, former first lady Laura Bush, was a counselor at Camp Mystic, reacted to the tragic flooding in Texas that has left at least 10 children currently unaccounted for at the summer camp.
Janie Hunt, 9, Eloise Peck, 8, Lila Bonner, 9, Hanna Lawrence, 8, Rebecca Lawrence, 8, and Hadley Hanna, 8, have all been confirmed dead.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - The riverbanks and hills of Kerr County, Texas are filled with youth camps and campgrounds, including Camp Mystic. That’s the century-old all-girls Christian summer camp where at least 27 campers and counselors died. Leaders there say five campers and one counselor have still not been found.
A heartbreaking video shows campers and staffers at Camp Mystic being playful and enjoying their summer hours before waters from the catastrophic Texas flash flood swept away scores of young girls.
The senior minister of Houston's First Unitarian Universalist Church is publicly distancing himself from the controversial remarks made by his partner about the Camp Mystic flood disaster that killed 27 campers and counselors over the Fourth of July weekend.
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Janie Hunt, a 9-year-old relative of Kansas City Chiefs owner Clark Hunt, was one of the many Camp Mystic youth who died when floodwaters swept over the retreat in Kerr County, Texas. The football executive’s wife, Tavia Hunt, confirmed the news on Instagram over the weekend.