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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 ...
Taaffe called the counselors at Camp Mystic “heroes” and wore a tie to honor them and the young girls who died during the ...
Eastland died while attempting to rescue some campers after Mystic, located on the banks of the Guadalupe River, was met with ...
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.
Camp Mystic was hosting 750 children this week when deadly flooding in Texas devastated the state, which has left over 80 ...
Sen. Ted Cruz had an emotional opening to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation meeting on Wednesday ...
Dick Eastland was swept away by the deadly current as he and his son went from cabin to cabin to get campers to higher ground ...