US EditionCamp Mystic Director Died While Trying to Save Campers From Catastrophic Texas Floods
- On July 4, 2025, severe floods in Kerr County, Texas, caused by rising waters near the Guadalupe River resulted in at least 43 fatalities and left 27 girls from Camp Mystic unaccounted for.
- The floods resulted from an intense, slow-moving storm that raised the Guadalupe River more than 26 feet, sweeping a wall of water through camps and homes.
- Dick Eastland, who had led Camp Mystic for many years, lost his life attempting to protect campers during the sudden floods, and Jane Ragsdale, head of Camp Heart O’ the Hills, also died in the disaster.
- Authorities confirmed that 15 of the victims were children, over 850 individuals were rescued, and the sheriff of Kerr County vowed that efforts to locate all missing persons would continue without pause.
- Rescue efforts are ongoing, the area remains under flood watch, and authorities established reunification hotlines for families of missing campers.
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Sydney Morning Herald
WA today‘He died trying to save Mystic girls’: Camp director’s last desperate bid to reach Bubble Inn cabin
As the waters of the Guadalupe River rose rapidly around him, Dick Eastland made for the cabins in greatest danger, where his youngest campers had been sleeping.
In the city of Kerrville it no longer rains with violence. The sky still looks plumb. The sun rises at times. Life slowly returns to normal. Cars in the streets, open businesses. Helicopters pass from time to time. In Louise Hays Park, however, rescue brigades have not stopped searching for people, alive or dead, among the fallen trees. Local authorities have reported about 70 deaths at the moment, including 21 minors, from the city and in Kerr …
Camp Mystic Director Dies Trying to Save Young Campers from Floods as Death Toll Surpasses 50
Richard 'Dick' Eastland, who bought the all-girls Christian Camp in 1974 and for more than 50 years has hosted hundreds each summer alongside his wife Tweety, died in a helicopter while being transported to Houston while Tweety was found alive inside their home.
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