As Texas Hill Country reckons with the destruction caused by the July 4 floods, a community of young people and adults with disabilities feared they wouldn’t get the summer experience they’d waited for all year at Camp CAMP, located along the Guadalupe River.

"At a time like this, there is really no other way to help than just letting them know that we're thinking about them."

Texas inspectors approved Camp Mystic’s emergency plan just two days before devastating floods killed over 27 people, mostly children, at the Texas summer camp.

After his daughters survived the Texas foods that inundated Camp Mystic, a Texas congressman recalled how one of his girls prayed for the safety of her friends as the floodwaters rose.

Days after floodwaters swept through Camp Mystic and other parts of Central Texas, rescuers recovered the body of camper, Virginia Hollis.

The emergency weather alert had come early Fourth of July morning: There would be life-threatening flash flooding in Kerr County, Texas. And Camp Mystic – an all-girls Christian camp situated along the Guadalupe River – housed about 750 campers on the flood-prone site as heavy rains started pouring.

Camp safety is in the national spotlight, at Sherman Lake YMCA Outdoor Center near Kalamazoo, CEO Zach Klipsch is assuring families that safety remains first.

Taaffe called the counselors at Camp Mystic “heroes” and wore a tie to honor them and the young girls who died during the Central Texas flood.