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Missing campers and pleas for helicopters: 911 calls from the Camp Mystic flood in Texas

6 December 2025 at 17:46
As catastrophic flooding inundated parts of Texas Hill Country on July 4, dispatchers received multiple frantic 911 calls from Camp Mystic, a Christian sleepaway camp for girls, describing children gone missing and pleading for helicopters to rescue them

Β© Ronaldo Schemidt

Downed trees and debris at Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas, on July 5.

Β© Danielle Villasana; Ronaldo Schemidt

The site of Camp Mystic, where 28 people died after flash flooding in Hunt, Texas. Search and rescue volunteers found belongings along the Guadalupe River.

Β© Mayor Joe Herring Jr.

Camp La Junta in Kerr County, Texas, on July 5.

Β© Ashley Landis

An officer prays with a family as they pick up items at Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas, on July 9.
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