Hero Texas camp director Richard “Dick” Eastland battled floods for decades and even saw his pregnant wife once airlifted off the grounds to a hospital because of a deluge.

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.

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

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

About 1,000 miles away, Texas Longhorns safety Michael Taaffe stood before reporters, wearing a tie with the initials of the 28 victims from Camp Mystic.

Dick Eastland died a hero when he tried to save the lives of the campers staying at Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas. Eastland, 70, was the camp director and bought the camp in 1974. When floodwaters ...

In the early morning of July 4, floods ravaged the Texas Hill Country. In less than an hour, the Guadalupe River rose 26 feet ...

With rain reportedly rising more than 20 feet in less than two hours, campers and camp counselors were given little to no time to get to safe ground.

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

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.