Republican Congressman Reunites With Daughters After Texas Camp Flooding, Thanks ‘countless Heroes’

A Republican lawmaker said he was reunited pinch his 2 daughters who were attending a Christian summertime campy that was destroyed erstwhile deadly flooding swept done Central Texas complete nan weekend.

Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, said his 2 daughters were evacuated from Camp Mystic, a campy on nan banks of nan Guadalupe River successful Hunt, Texas.

"Camille, Vivian and I are now reunited pinch Caroline and Juliana who were evacuated from Camp Mystic," Pfluger said of his family. "The past time has brought unimaginable condolences to galore families and we mourn pinch them arsenic good arsenic holding retired dream for survivors."

As of Sunday morning, 5 young girls who were staying astatine Camp Mystic person been confirmed dead. Kerr County officials confirmed 27 campers were still missing astir 36 hours aft nan flood. There were 750 attendees when the wall of h2o slammed into nan camp.

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"The campy was wholly destroyed," 13-year-old Elinor Lester, 1 of hundreds of campers, told nan Associated Press. "A chopper landed and started taking group away. It was really scary."

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has vowed that rescuers "won’t extremity until we find each woman who was successful those cabins" astatine Camp Mystic.

In a abstracted post, Pfluger praised nan heroism of campy counselors and others who acted to prevention lives during nan tallness of nan flooding.

"There are countless heroes who acted truthful bravely during this tragic business – who sacrificed for others – convey you… and for astir of you we will ne'er moreover cognize nan stories aliases understand what you did! But, THANK YOU!" nan congressman wrote.

Pfluger said Camp Mystic’s co-owner, Dick Eastland, sacrificed his life to prevention nan girls attending nan camp.

"Camp Mystic’s Dick Eastland nary uncertainty gave his life attempting to prevention his campers," Pfluger wrote successful a 3rd post.. "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."

Crews activity to clear debris from nan Cade Loop span on nan Guadalupe River connected Saturday, July 5, 2025, successful Ingram, Texas. (AP Photo/Rodolfo Gonzalez)

The flooding successful Kerr County killed astatine slightest 59 people, including 21 children. Officials confirmed astatine slightest different 8 group died successful adjacent counties.

Other stories of heroism person begun to aboveground arsenic nan floodwaters recede successful Texas.

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry praised Emma Foltz, a resident of Alexandria, Louisiana, and a elder astatine Louisiana Tech University, who has worked arsenic a campy counsellor astatine Camp Mystic successful Texas for 3 years.

A flooded moving way successful Louise Hays Park, on nan banks of nan Guadalupe River, Saturday, July 5, 2025, successful Kerrville, Texas. (AP Photo/Rodolfo Gonzalez)

"She played an instrumental domiciled successful helping evacuate 14 of her campers to safety," Landry wrote successful a Facebook post. "Please subordinate maine successful thanking Emma for each her difficult activity and bravery nether immense pressure."

Elsewhere successful Kerr County, a family helped prevention a woman's life aft she was swept 20 miles downriver and clung to a character for hours successful nan deadly flash flooding.

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Pfluger asked nan nationalist to "pray for miracles" arsenic crews proceed searching for survivors of nan floods, including 11 young girls and 1 counsellor missing from Camp Mystic.

Fox News Digital's Alexandra Koch and Bailee Hill contributed to this report.