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The parent of a child lost to the recent flooding in Kerr County wears a 'Heaven's 27' button during a Texas Senate hearing at the Texas Capitol, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

When floodwaters rushed through a girl's summer camp nestled in the Texas Hill Country , Michael McCown's 8-year-old daughter was among 27 campers and counselors swept to their deaths.

On Wednesday, McCown joined other Camp Mystic parents, some wearing buttons memorializing “Heaven's 27,” in demanding that Texas lawmakers pass a bill that would boost camp safety, including generally keeping cabins out of flood plains , instituting new requirements for emergency plans and mandating weather radios.

“It will hurt

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