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Parents of Girls Killed in Texas Camp Flooding Say ‘Commonsense’ Measures Were Absent as Lawmakers Consider Safety Bill
The Heaven 27 Camp Safety Act mandates youth camps to relocate cabins from floodplains and implement mandatory evacuation and emergency protocols to prevent future flood fatalities, lawmakers say.
- Michael McCown's daughter Linnie was one of 27 victims killed in a flood at Camp Mystic in Texas on July 4.
- Parents testified at the Texas Capitol about their concerns regarding safety measures for youth camps, as Senate Bill 1 seeks to improve safety protocols.
- Cece Williams Steward expressed strong support for Senate Bill 1, highlighting the absence of crucial safety protocols and stating that common-sense safety measures were absent.
- Senate Bill 1 requires safety measures like emergency rooftop ladders and evacuation plans, needing approval from both the House and Senate before reaching Governor Greg Abbott's desk.
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Camp Mystic Flood Tragedy Sparks Fury Over Safety Failures - American Faith
Parents who lost daughters in a devastating flood at Camp Mystic in Texas are demanding urgent legislative action, calling the tragedy “100% preventable.” The floodwaters from the Guadalupe River swept through the elite Hill Country camp, killing 27 campers and counselors, including one of the camp’s owners. Two victims, including 8-year-old Cile Steward, remain missing. Camp Mystic had appealed repeatedly to FEMA to be removed from a 100-year f…
Colorado Springs Gazette
Parents who lost daughters at Camp Mystic: Their deaths were ‘100% preventable’
(The Center Square) – Parents who lost their daughters from flood waters at Camp Mystic said their deaths were “100% preventable” and asked the legislature to implement mandatory safety protocols for camps statewide. Camp Mystic, an elite Hill Country multi-million-dollar…
The Avery Journal-Times
Parents who lost daughters at Camp Mystic: Their deaths were '100% preventable'
(The Center Square) – Parents who lost their daughters from flood waters at Camp Mystic said their deaths were “100% preventable” and asked the legislature to implement mandatory safety protocols for camps statewide.
Parents of girls killed in Camp Mystic flooding say ‘commonsense’ measures were absent
Michael McCown sent his 8-year-old daughter Linnie to a summer camp in central Texas trusting she would be safe.But that trust was tragically broken when Linnie and at least 26 other campers and counselors were killed after a catastrophic flood swept through Camp Mystic on July 4.On Wednesday, McCown and several other parents of children who were at the nearly century-old camp for girls, which largely sits in a flood-prone area, sat before a Tex…
Camp Mystic parents demand changes before more children are lost - West Hawaii Today
Cici Williams Steward told a panel of Texas legislators on Wednesday of the moment she shared the news, seemingly inexplicable to her 5-year-old daughter, that her big sister, Cile, had not only died at Camp Mystic, but that the 8-year-old’s body had still not been found.
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