A girls’ summer camp cut short by deadly disaster

Camp Mystic, a Christian girl camp on the banks of the Guadalupe River in Texas, was a place of laughter, prayer and adventure a few days ago.

Among the girls in the camp were eight-year-old Renee Smajstrla, in a picture taken in one of those days, smiling from ear to ear-with their friends “the time of her life”.

However, the next day, he and many other young girls camp turned into a region of one of the most deadly flood disasters in the history of the last Texas history.

He was among those killed with Smajstr.

“He will live his best life forever on Camp Mystic,” his uncle Shawn Salta wrote on Facebook.

The photos show after the scary: the bunk beds are still there – the mud is covered and toppled, a summer camp detectitus tragically shortened.

The collapsed personal belongings were scattered into the interiors that children came together for the Bible work and campfire songs.

At least 59 of them were approved by CAMP’s long -term director Richard “Dick” Eastland and several young camps – dead.

Eleven and one camp consultant is missing from the campers. Most of the missing girls were asleep in the US media report, less than 500FT (150 meters) from Riverbank.

Camp Mystic is operated by the same family for generations and offers girls the chance to “spiritual” growth in a “healthy” atmosphere according to the website.

Families from all over Texas and the United States send every summer girls to swim, canoe, ride a horse and make lifetime friendships.

However, the beauty of the Guadalupe River, which attracted too much to the region, proved to be deadly.

Flood waters came with little warning by breaking the area on the coast of the Pitoresque river, which hosts about 20 youth camps.

Although Camp Mystic is subjected to the greatest losses, the authorities say the scale of the disaster is extensive.

Recently, All-Girls Camp Heart O ‘The Hills’ also faced floods.

Jane Ragsdale, the owner and director of his partner and director, was among the dead. Fortunately, the camp went out of the session at the time.

“Most of the camps were announced on the camp and on the high ground … We mourn the loss of a woman who has a strong and strong definition of a strong and strong definition.”

Now the questions say why so many camps are so close to the river and why not more to empty children in time.

Congress member Chip Roy, representing the region, accepted the destruction while drawing attention against the accusation of prematurely.

Roy, “The answer will be, ‘We should move all these camps – why should you make camps with water here?’ ‘He said.

“Well, you have camps by the water because you have camps near the river because it’s a beautiful and wonderful place.”

As the healing efforts continue, families are worried about the missing news. Search and rescue teams – some of them wandering by boat, others pass through the debris – working at any time of the day.

Şerif Larry Leitha, Kerr district, said that the search for survivors continued on Sunday.

“We will not stop until you reunite them.” He said.

Governor Greg Abbott declared an emergency and authorities warn that the last wage may rise in the coming days.