{"id":20649,"date":"2025-07-09T15:33:45","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T15:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=20649"},"modified":"2025-07-09T15:33:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T15:33:45","slug":"these-are-the-little-girls-whose-lives-were-stolen-when-the-texas-floods-tore-through-camp-mystic-the-youngest-was-just-8-years-old-smiling-faces-now-frozen-in-time-photos-that-once-captured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=20649","title":{"rendered":"These are the little girls whose lives were stolen when the Texas floods tore through Camp Mystic. The youngest was just 8 years old. Smiling faces now frozen in time\u2014photos that once captured laughter and summer dreams are now the only things their families have left. But nothing prepares you for the moment you hear the voices of their parents\u2014kneeling in the mud, rain mixing with tears, hands clasped in desperation, begging for even the tiniest bit of hope. Their cries cut through the air like broken glass. Grown men wept. Mothers collapsed. And in that moment, no one was a stranger\u2014because heartbreak like that belongs to everyone."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">At least five girls were killed and several missing\u00a0after devastating flash floods swept through a\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">Texas<\/span> summer camp on the Fourth of July.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Eleven girls are missing from Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas, and five of their fellow campers have died after the rushing waters destroyed the all-girls private Christian summer camp.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\"><ins id=\"982a9496-c7ff98f6a465c61d5bfb2aa107efd7c3-3-3907\" class=\"982a9496\" data-key=\"c7ff98f6a465c61d5bfb2aa107efd7c3\"><ins id=\"982a9496-c7ff98f6a465c61d5bfb2aa107efd7c3-3-3907-1\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"dieroseinforinread-NtCBitRCpt\"><\/div>\n<p><\/ins><\/ins><\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The total\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">death toll has risen<\/span>\u00a0to 69, including 21 children, after the Guadalupe River flooded and surged by up to 30 feet above its usual water level on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Beloved\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">director of Camp Mystic<\/span>, Richard \u2018Dick\u2019 Eastland, 70, died while trying to save girls as a month\u2019s worth of rain dropped in a matter of minutes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">One week before the tragedy, the camp shared videos on social media of the campers happily prancing around on stage during their first term chorus and dance production.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The youngest campers slept on low-laying \u2018flats\u2019 inside the camp\u2019s cabins, whereas older girls slept in cabins on higher ground, according to the NYT.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Most of the missing girls are from the younger age bracket, who were sleeping just yards away from the banks of the Guadalupe River.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Texas Governor\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">Greg Abbott<\/span>\u00a0said that some 750 girls had been staying at the camp when the floodwaters hit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Here is what we know about all of the girls who died in the flood.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mol-para-with-font mol-style-subhead\">Renee Smajstrla, 8<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/07\/06\/16\/100053551-14879721-image-m-2_1751817315806.jpg\" alt=\"Camp Mystic attendee Renee Smajstrla (picture), 8, was killed in the flood, according to her uncle\" width=\"634\" height=\"751\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Camp Mystic attendee Renee Smajstrla (picture), 8, was killed in the flood, according to her uncle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The family of eight-year-old Renee Smajstrla has confirmed that she was among those who lost her life during the tragic floods.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Her uncle, Shawn Salta, shared on\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">Facebook<\/span>: \u2018We are thankful she was with her friends and having the time of her life, as evidenced by this picture from yesterday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018She will forever be living her best life at Camp Mystic.\u2019<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mol-para-with-font mol-style-subhead\">Janie Hunt, 9<\/h2>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/07\/06\/16\/100053555-14879721-image-a-3_1751817335810.jpg\" alt=\"Dallas nine-year-old Janie Hunt (pictured) died in the flooding at Camp Mystic\" width=\"634\" height=\"887\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dallas nine-year-old Janie Hunt (pictured) died in the flooding at Camp Mystic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The mother of Dallas girl Janie Hunt confirmed to local media her daughter was one of the campers killed in the flood.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018We are just devastated,\u2019 she told\u00a0NBC 5.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mol-para-with-font mol-style-subhead\">Sarah Marsh, 8<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/07\/06\/16\/100053785-14879721-image-m-5_1751817357350.jpg\" alt=\"Sarah Marsh (pictured), 8, came from Alabama to attend Camp Mystic before she was swept away and killed\" width=\"634\" height=\"901\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sarah Marsh (pictured), 8, came from Alabama to attend Camp Mystic before she was swept away and killed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Alabama native Sarah Marsh died after the waters swept through Camp Mystic, according to her family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018Thank you for the outpouring of love and sympathy! We will always feel blessed to have had this beautiful spunky ray of light in our lives.\u00a0She will live on in our hearts forever! We love you so much sweet Sarah,\u2019 her grandmother said, according to\u00a0The Kerrville Daily Times.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mol-para-with-font mol-style-subhead\">Lila Bonner, 9<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/07\/06\/17\/100053801-14879721-Nine_year_old_Lila_Bonner_right_was_attending_Camp_Mystic_with_h-m-17_1751818598096.jpg\" alt=\"Nine-year-old Lila Bonner (right), was attending Camp Mystic with her best friend Eloise Peck (left)\" width=\"634\" height=\"534\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nine-year-old Lila Bonner (right), was attending Camp Mystic with her best friend Eloise Peck (left)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The family of Lila Bonner, who was sharing a cabin at the camp with her best friend Eloise Peck, confirmed her passing to\u00a0NBC News.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018In the midst of our unimaginable grief, we ask for privacy and are unable to confirm any details at this time,\u2019 the family said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018We ache with all who loved her and are praying endlessly for others to be spared from this tragic loss.\u2019<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mol-para-with-font mol-style-subhead\">Eloise Peck, 8<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/07\/06\/16\/100053803-14879721-image-m-9_1751817444888.jpg\" alt=\"Eloise Peck (right) was sharing a cabin with Lila Bonner (left) when they were killed in the flooding\" width=\"634\" height=\"421\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eloise Peck (right) was sharing a cabin with Lila Bonner (left) when they were killed in the flooding<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Dallas girl Eloise Peck, who recently finished second grade at Bradfield Elementary with her best friend Lili, also died in the flood.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018Eloise was literally friends with everyone. She loved spaghetti but not more than she loved dogs and animals,\u2019 her mother, Missy Peck, told\u00a0FOX 4.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018She passed away with her cabinmate and best friend Lila Bonner who also died. Eloise had a family who loved her fiercely for the 8 years she was with us. Especially her Mommy.\u2019<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/07\/06\/17\/100054145-14879721-image-a-45_1751819163533.jpg\" alt=\"Emergency personnel search through vegetation and debris at Camp Mystic\" width=\"634\" height=\"423\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emergency personnel search through vegetation and debris at Camp Mystic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/07\/06\/17\/100054137-14879721-People_react_as_they_inspect_an_area_outside_sleeping_quarters_a-m-47_1751820037305.jpg\" alt=\"A girl reacts in the area outside sleeping quarters at Camp Mystic\" width=\"634\" height=\"346\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A girl reacts in the area outside sleeping quarters at Camp Mystic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Multiple people who lost their lives in the biblical flooding were not attending Camp Mystic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The death toll currently stands at 67 \u2013 including 38 adults.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Texas\u2019s Division of Emergency Management predicted the number of dead as a result of catastrophic flooding in Kerrville would top 100,\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">sources told Daily Mail.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">People have been desperately posting about their missing friends and relatives in a bid to help the search effort to find them, following the flooding.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Among the children, who were not attending the camp but tragically lost their lives, are two other<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">\u00a0young sisters<\/span>\u00a0who were visiting their grandparents when the flood rushed through their cabin.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mol-para-with-font mol-style-subhead\">Blair Harber, 13<\/h2>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/07\/06\/16\/100053811-14879721-image-m-11_1751817505146.jpg\" alt=\"Sisters Blair (left), 13, and Brooke Harber (right), 11 were not attending Camp Mystic when they were killed\" width=\"634\" height=\"766\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sisters Blair (left), 13, and Brooke Harber (right), 11 were not attending Camp Mystic when they were killed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Two sisters, Blair and Brooke Harber, were among those who were killed in the deadly Texas floods.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">They were not attending Camp Mystic when the natural disaster struck.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The girls were with their grandparents at a cabin along the Guadalupe River when they were swept away, reported\u00a0FOX 4.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The girls\u2019 parents were staying at another cabin and are safe. Their grandparents, Charlene and Mike Harber, are missing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-medium mol-style-bold\"><span class=\"mol-style-large\">Brooke Harber, 11\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Brooke Harber, Blair\u2019s younger sister, was confirmed dead over the holiday weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Blair and Brooker were eighth grade and sixth grade students respectively at St. Rita Catholic School, according to their priest, Father Joshua J. Whitfield.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018Even if we may never fully understand why such tragedies happen, we are called to respond with love, compassion, and prayer,\u2019 Whitfield said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018We will honor Blair and Brooke\u2019s lives, the light they shared, and the joy they brought to everyone who knew them.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-large mol-style-bold\"><span class=\"mol-style-large\">Missing girls lost in the flood<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">At least 11 girls from Camp Mystic are missing from the camp.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">One counselor is also still unaccounted for, county sheriff Larry Leitha said on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Camp Mystic attendees Kellyanne Lytal and Lainey Landry are among the missing children, according to\u00a0KENS 5.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Wrecked father, Ty Badon, told CNN on Saturday that his\u00a0daughter and her friends are missing and\u00a0have not been seen or heard from since the disastrous rush of water.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">His daughter, Joyce Badon, and her friends, Ella Cahill, Reese Manchaca and Aiden Heartfield were last heard from around 4am on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/07\/06\/17\/100053939-14879721-image-m-20_1751818020518.jpg\" alt=\"Lainey Landry\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/07\/06\/17\/100053937-14879721-image-m-22_1751818033899.jpg\" alt=\"KellyAnne Lytal\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">At least 11 girls from Camp Mystic are missing, including Lainey Landry (left) and KellyAnne Lytal (right)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/07\/06\/17\/100035143-14879721-Ella_Cahill_is_missing-a-23_1751818847807.jpg\" alt=\"Pictured: Ella Cahill is still missing\" width=\"634\" height=\"881\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pictured: Ella Cahill is still missing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/07\/06\/17\/100035141-14879721-Joyce_Badon_is_still_missing-m-34_1751818865207.jpg\" alt=\"Joyce\u00a0Badon is still missing\" width=\"634\" height=\"865\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pictured: Joyce Badon is still missing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/07\/06\/17\/100035255-14879721-Reese_Manchaca-a-44_1751818907858.jpg\" alt=\"Reese Manchaca\" width=\"634\" height=\"1056\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pictured: Reese Manchaca is still missing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/07\/06\/17\/100051365-14879721-image-a-6_1751818513097.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Authorities and search teams are still making their way through the wreckage to hopefully account for those missing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Haunting photos from Sunday showed teams searching through vegetation, as young girls accompanied by adults walked around what is left of Camp Mystic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">On Sunday, Donald Trump signed a major disaster declaration for Texas amid a swirl of criticism of his administration for making major cuts to federal funding, impacting agencies like FEMA which lead the response to natural disasters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018I just signed a Major Disaster Declaration for Kerr County, Texas, to ensure that our Brave First Responders immediately have the resources they need,\u2019 Trump wrote on Truth Social.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018These families are enduring an unimaginable tragedy, with many lives lost, and many still missing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018The Trump Administration continues to work closely with State and Local Leaders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem was on the ground yesterday with Governor Greg Abbott, who is working hard to help the people of his Great State.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018Our incredible U.S. Coast Guard, together with State First Responders, have saved more than 850 lives. 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