“I’m about to lose her,” yelled a volunteer firefighter in Wall, Texas on July 4. Chief John Manera’s team of unpaid men without swiftwater rescue training were stopping the current from dragging a woman to near-certain death. In a video capturing the operation, two men are submerged up to their necks, their orange flotation devices […]
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‘Each Charm Tells Stories’: James Avery, Camp Mystic’s Longtime Jeweler, Pledges $1M in Flood Relief
James Avery, the Kerrville-based and nationally renowned jeweler, is giving back to its hometown — and to the Camp Mystic girls who’ve been devoted to the brand for decades. The company, most popular for its charm bracelets, has pledged $1 million toward flood relief efforts in the Hill Country — and will also donate 100% […]
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‘It’s a Waking Nightmare’: Camp Mystic Alum Recalls Flood That Hit the Same Cabins in 1987
Forty-eight-year-old Katherine Howe let memories of the summer of ‘87 rush back to her on Friday. As the world woke up to the news of missing girls who’d been swept away from their summer camp cabins in violent flood waters on July 4, Howe was transported back to when she was 10 years old and […]
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‘Goodnight, Camp Mystic. We Love You.’: A 100-Year-Old Community Honors Its 27 Dead Girls
Thirty-nine-year-old Jordan Macha spent more than ten summers at Camp Mystic, as both a camper and a counselor. She can imagine in precise detail how the youngest girls, age 8, were tucked into their beds on Thursday in their cabins overlooking the Guadalupe River — hours before it swelled 26 feet in 45 minutes in […]