On Wednesday, for the first time, Camp Mystic families detailed their experience of their daughters who died in Texas Hill Country flooding.

The families testified that counselors were told not to move children out of cabins until they received instructions to do so, even though floodwaters were rising.

KERRVILLE, Texas — A new foundation called the Heaven’s 27 Fund looks to honor the legacies of the 27 campers and counselors who died during the July 4 floods at Camp Mystic.

For many Texas families, summer camp is a generations-long tradition. And certainly, it can be a positive and formative part of a child’s life — it was for Katherine. We owe it to her and the 26 other daughters lost at Camp Mystic to make it better.

Hunt Independent School district had over a month left until school was scheduled to start on August 20. But after devastating floods swept through Texas Hill Country on July 4, the district’s lone school,