Texas Summer Camp Flood Claims Lives of Many Brave Souls

As search and rescue crews continue working around the clock in central Texas, families are facing every parent's worst nightmare - children dead and some still missing after catastrophic flooding swept through summer camps along the Guadalupe River during the July Fourth weekend.

The flooding claimed many lives, including at least 28 children in Kerr County, with 10 girls and one counselor from Camp Mystic still unaccounted for as of Sunday. Forty adults also perished in the disaster.

A Hero's Final Act

Among those who lost their lives was Camp Mystic owner Dick Eastland, who died while attempting to rescue campers during the catastrophic flooding. His grandson shared the heartbreaking news in an Instagram tribute Saturday.

"If he wasn't going to die of natural causes, this was the only other way - saving the girls that he so loved and cared for," George Eastland wrote. "That's the kind of man my grandfather was. He was a husband, father, grandfather, and a mentor to thousands of young women."