‘100 plus children’ at Camp Mystic took refuge on second floor of building, Texas lawmaker says

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Texas Rep. August Pfluger told “America’s Newsroom” on Tuesday that more than 100 children at Camp Mystic took refuge on the second floor of a building to escape the rising floodwaters over the Fourth of July weekend. 

Pfluger, speaking after being reunited with his two daughters who were evacuated from the camp in Hunt, Texas, said many of the young girls there couldn’t sleep in the early morning of the Fourth of July “because the storm was that intense.” 

“Everybody talked about the lightning and the thunder being so intense, and they could see that the water was rising. But it rose so quickly that as they were evacuated out to what they call ‘Rec Hall,’ which, has been mentioned as an 80-year-old plus building. They got into Rec Hall, they walked through almost knee-deep water to get there,” he said. 

“And as the cabins were being alerted, that water was rising so quickly that within ten minutes they had gone up to the second floor of Rec Hall, which, by the way, is not a very sturdy place,” Pfluger added. “The campers are not generally allowed to be up there. So you had 100 plus children that were up there watching this water rise almost to the second floor, and seeing the water, you know, continue to come up in a way that it’s just — it’s unimaginable.” 

Pfluger said “We got notification, early, really through a network of moms, that there had been pretty severe flooding. 

“Nobody really knew, the severity of what that meant, because, you know, the damage that we’ve seen, it’s unimaginable. It happened so quickly. But as those text messages started happening, there was very little contact because power was out at the camp. I mean this wall of water literally destroyed everything in its path. So, the communication came very slowly,” he continued. 

“Many families across Texas are grieving, we are continuing to pray for those who have lost their daughters and those who are still searching for their daughters,” Pfluger also said.