Texas Hill Country Flooding: Camp Mystic

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00:00The catastrophic flooding in Texas Hill Country, which led to the deaths of over 100 people,

00:05including 25 young campers and two camp counselors at Camp Mystic.

00:10Four months worth of rain in just a matter of hours was dumped in the areas surrounding

00:14the Guadalupe River, causing it to swell to 30 feet.

00:18This was in the early hours of July 4th.

00:20The deluge caused a flash flood that swept through Camp Mystic, the Christian girls'

00:24camp, where some of the girls, according to a new lawsuit, were told to stay put until

00:28the water was receded.

00:30Exhaustive investigations questioned everything, from the emergency response to a lack of warning

00:35systems to the camp's owners.

00:37Some of the cabins were built within the flood zone.

00:40Now, the owners have pledged to reopen the camp, and they promised updated safety protocols

00:45that were outlined in a new law, the Heavens 27 Safety Act, that was passed with the support

00:50of some of the parents of the victims.

00:52The New York Times obtained an email from Camp Mystic to parents that reads in part,

00:56quote, we are not only rebuilding cabins and trails, but also a place where laughter, friendship,

01:01and spiritual growth will continue to flourish.

01:03The owners also say they'll build a memorial to the victims.

01:06But some parents are outraged at the decision to rebuild at all, and they've now taken that

01:12outrage to the courts.

01:13Families of seven of the girls and counselors killed in the flood filed a wrongful death

01:17suit in mid-November against the camp's owners, seeking more than a million dollars in damages.

01:22The petition claims Camp Mystic, quote, put profit over safety and chose to house young

01:28girls in flood-prone areas to avoid the cost of relocating cabins.

01:33And camp leaders are also accused of choosing to move cars and equipment ahead of the devastation,

01:38rather than using that time to order an evacuation of the people on the grounds.

01:41And even now, all these months later, not everyone who went missing in the floods has been found.

01:48Texas Rangers continue to search for 63-year-old Jeffrey Ramsey and 8-year-old Seal Stewart,

01:54a first-year camper at Camp Mystic.