Summer camp for girls that are cut off by a deadly disaster

The mystic camp, a Christian camp for girls sitting on the Guadalupe River in Texas, was a laughing place, prayers and adventures just a few days ago.

Among the girls in the camp was the eight-year-old Rene Smojstal, smiling his ear to his ear in a picture taken in one of these days-“over time of his life” with his friends.

But the next day, she loved the camp and so many other young girls, turned into a place of one of the most deadly flood disasters in Texas’s latest history.

Smojstal was among the killed.

“She will forever live her better life in the camp,” Uncle Sean Salta wrote on Facebook.

Photos show terrible consequences: bunk beds are, there is – mud and fired, silent witnesses of the summer camp.

Destroyed personal belongings are scattered over imbued with interiors, where children once gathered to study the Bible and songs at the fire.

At least 59 people – Among them is a longtime Directo campR, Richard “Dick” Eastland and several young vacationers – were confirmed by the dead.

Eleven of his vacationers and one camp advisor remain disappeared. Many girls who are missing, sleeping in low -lying cabins less than 500 feet from the river bank, US media reports.

The mystik’s computer managed the same family for generations, offering girls the opportunity to “spiritually” in a “useful” Christian atmosphere, according to their site.

Families from all over Texas and the US every summer send their daughters to swim, canoe, riding and form a lifetime friendship.

But the beauty of the Guadalupe River, which attracts so much in the area, was also deadly.

Floods came with a small warning, broke through the picturesque area of ​​the waterfront, where almost 20 youth camps live.

Although the camp has suffered the greatest loss, officials say the scale of the catastrophe is far away.

Next to all the girls of the heart camp, the hills also collided with the flood.

Among the dead was his co -owner and director Jane Regsdale. Fortunately, at the time the camp was at the session.

A statement from the camp states: “Most of those who were in the camp at the time were taken into account and was at a high level … We mourn the loss of a woman who influenced countless life and was a strong and powerful definition.”

Now there are questions about why so many camps were located so close to the river, and why it was no longer done to evacuate children on time.

The Roy Congress, which represents the area, recognized the devastation, calling for caution against premature guilt.

“The reaction will:” We have to move all these camps – why would you have camps here by the water? “,” said Roy. “Well, you have camps near the water because it’s near the water. You have camps near the river because it is a beautiful and beautiful place. “

As the restoration efforts continue, families are anxiously waiting for the news of the missing. Search and rescue teams – some navigations on the boat, others that comb the garbage – work around the clock.

Ker Lar Lit Sheriff said on Sunday that the search for survivors continued, but noted that the number would continue to change and increase over time.

“Until we can reunite our families, we are not going to stop,” said Dalton Rice head.

Governor Greg Abbot has announced a state of emergency, and officials warn that the final value could grow in the following days.