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, 70, was the camp director and bought the camp in 1974. When floodwaters swept through his Christen summer camp, he ...

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

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.

In the early morning of July 4, floods ravaged the Texas Hill Country. In less than an hour, the Guadalupe River rose 26 feet, taking and altering the lives of countless Americans with every inch it ...

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

Other heroes included Richard “Dick” Eastland, the camp’s director that died while bringing girls to safety. Camp Mystic is described as a family, and Langston shared that they have been standing ...

An Alabama elementary school student and twin girls from Dallas are among the more than 100 people who have died in the flash ...