“My daughter was stolen from me": Grieving parents point to Texas camp failures at Capitol hearing

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Texas lawmakers — determined to correct the series of mishaps that resulted in the July 4 flooding deaths of 27 Camp Mystic campers and counselors — promised a hearing room of grieving parents on Wednesday that moving forward, campers will be evacuated immediately once a flood warning is issued and evacuation plans will be overhauled to prevent future tragedies.

“You have a flash flood warning or a flood warning, you will be required to remove these kids from those cabins,” said state Sen. Charles Perry , R-Lubbock, who chairs the Senate Select Committee on Disaster Preparedness and Flooding, signaling that the way camps operate and the way the Texas Department