Camp Mystic Director Dies While Trying To Save Kids During Texas Flooding

The campy head and co-owner of Camp Mystic successful Hunt, Texas, died successful nan catastrophic flooding arsenic he reportedly raced to prevention nan lives of his young campers.

Dick Eastland, who purchased nan campy successful 1974, died aft nan wall of h2o collapsed done nan Christian summertime camp, which is located on nan banks of nan Guadalupe River, Texas Public Radio reported. 

The study cited a Facebook station from Eastland’s nephew, though nan station has since been taken down.

Counselors, erstwhile campers and politicians who knew Eastland praised him for his heroic actions and eventual sacrifice to prevention his campers.

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Dick Eastland was remembered arsenic a "selfless" man and "father figure." (LeslieEastland/Facebook)

"Camp Mystic’s Dick Eastland nary uncertainty gave his life attempting to prevention his campers," Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, wrote connected X. "For decades he and his woman Tweety poured his life into loving and processing girls and women of character. Thank you Mr. Eastland. We emotion you and miss you."

Pfluger said 2 of his daughters were astatine nan campy erstwhile it was evacuated during nan flooding, and they person since been reunited.

Dick Eastland, head of Camp Mystic, died while trying to prevention campers during a flash flood. (Camp Mystic)

Paige Sumner, a erstwhile camper and friend of Eastland, wrote successful Kerrville Daily Times that Eastland "was nan begetter fig to each of us" during summers astatine nan camp.

"It doesn’t astonishment maine astatine each that his past enactment of kindness and sacrifice was moving to prevention nan lives of campers," Sumner wrote. "He had already saved truthful galore lives pinch nan gift of Camp Mystic."

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Kathatine Somerville, a campy counsellor astatine Camp Mystic’s Cypress Lake location, told "Fox News Live" connected Sunday that nan campy head was among nan "most selfless men successful nan full world."

"He was an inspiration to so, truthful many," she said. "He was a begetter figure, a comforting unit successful nan uncertainty of everything. He guided america successful our religion and our activities. He ever told america to make caller friends and to stock our emotion pinch everyone."

Items dishonesty scattered wrong a compartment astatine Camp Mystic aft deadly flooding successful Kerr County, Texas, connected July 5, 2025. (REUTERS/Sergio Flores )

There were 750 attendees astatine nan campy when the catastrophic flood happened.

Over a twelve campers were confirmed dormant arsenic of Sunday afternoon, Kerr County officials said. One counsellor and 11 campers remained unaccounted for.

Officials hunt connected nan grounds of Camp Mystic on nan banks of nan Guadalupe River aft a flash flood swept done nan area Sunday, July 6, 2025, successful Hunt, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

The decease toll crossed Central Texas climbed to astir 70 connected Sunday. 

Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha told reporters during a news convention Sunday greeting that of nan 59 confirmed dead, location were 38 adults and 21 children.

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Authorities person reported 4 deaths successful Travis County, 3 successful Burnet and 1 successful Kendall.