Year After July 4 Flooding, Responders Say They Left Their Hearts in Hill Country
The filing comes after last summer’s flood killed 25 girls and two teenage counselors, as the owners seek to protect assets.
- The owners of Camp Mystic recently filed for bankruptcy, a move initiating proceedings toward selling the Texas property where 25 girls and two teenage counselors died in a flash flood last summer.
- During the July 4, 2025 holiday weekend, a torrent of rain caused the Guadalupe River to rise more than 26 feet in just 45 minutes, trapping campers in cabins at Camp Mystic overnight.
- Firefighter Shane Harmon searched the flood waters desperately for 8-year-old Cecilia Cile Steward, who remains missing alongside Jeff Ramsey more than a year after the tragedy claimed 27 lives.
- A final report released recently suggests all the girls could have been saved, indicating that emergency planning at Camp Mystic was insufficient to prevent the tragedy.
- Bankruptcy proceedings facilitate the sale of Camp Mystic, providing a path for the owners to relinquish ownership of the site and mark a transition in addressing the tragedy's aftermath.
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Year after July 4 flooding, responders say they left their hearts in Hill Country
An oblong gray rock sits in the foyer of the Fort Worth Fire Department’s Station 2. Its only defining feature: words in thick black paint across the front. “Camp Mystic 7-4-25.” A few rooms over, a sticker pasted across firefighter Shane Harmon’s helmet reads, “Cile.” A hand-drawn black heart hovers above the name. Torn around the edges and slightly stained, the sticker has been on Harmon’s helmet since 8-year-old Cecilia “Cile” Steward’s paren…
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A new report commissioned by Texas legislators opens with photos and stories of smiling 8- and 9-year-old girls. The girls liked to wear tutus over baseball pants, create silly dances, climb rocks and sing about Jesus. They met a year ago at a 100-year-old nondenominational Christian camp for girls in rural Kerr County, known for […]
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