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(NewsNation) — The Fourth of July play flash flooding connected the Guadalupe River successful Central Texas killed dozens of victims connected Friday, including children.
As rescuers desperately hunt for dozens much inactive missing, this is what we cognize astir those who mislaid their lives.
Jane Ragsdale, campy director
Jane Ragsdale, 68, was manager of Heart O’ the Hills Camp successful Hunt. It was 1 of the summertime camps successful hard-hit Kerr County that was successful the way of flood waters. The campy was betwixt sessions and did not person children present, but Ragsdale perished, Heart O’ the Hills said successful a Facebook post.
“Jane wasn’t conscionable our director, she was our guiding light, our example, and our harmless place. She had the uncommon acquisition of making each idiosyncratic consciousness seen, loved, and important. Her kindness, strength, and contented shaped generations of campers and staff,” the campy said.
Sarah Marsh, 8, camper
Sarah Marsh, 8, of Mountain Brook, Ala., was a camper astatine Camp Mystic, the all-girls Christian campy adjacent Hunt, Texas, on the Guadalupe River. The politician of Mountain Brook announced the girl’s passing successful a Facebook message, saying, “This is an unimaginable nonaccomplishment for her family, her school, and our full community.
Richard Eastland, Camp Mystic owner
Camp Mystic proprietor Richard Dick Eastland, who was successful his 70s, died portion attempting to rescue campers arsenic flood waters overtook the riverfront property, according to aggregate media reports.
"It doesn’t astonishment maine astatine each that his past enactment of kindness and sacrifice was moving to prevention the lives of campers," erstwhile camper and longtime person Paige Sumner wrote successful the Kerrville Daily Times. "He had already saved truthful galore lives with the acquisition of Camp Mystic."
Linnie McCown, 8, camper
Linnie McCown of Austin, a pupil astatine Casis Elementary School, was different camper who did not past the flooding astatine Camp Mystic.
“It’s with the heaviest of hearts we indispensable stock that our saccharine small Linnie is with the Lord successful heaven,” her father, Michael McCown, said connected Instagram. “She filled our hearts with truthful overmuch joyousness we cannot statesman to explain.”
Lila Bonner, 9, camper
The household of Camp Mystic attendee Lila Bonner confirmed to KXAN-TV over the play she was among those killed successful the flooding. In a statement, the Dallas girl’s household said, “We ache with each who loved her and are praying endlessly for others to beryllium spared from this tragic loss.”
Julian Ryan, 27
Ingram nonmigratory Julian Ryan, 27, died portion trying to evacuate his household from their location adjacent the Guadalupe River during the flash flooding. His fiancé, Christina Wilson, says Ryan chopped his limb erstwhile helium punched retired a model truthful that she and her children and parent could escape. His assemblage was recovered aft flood waters receded, she said. An online fundraiser has been launched to assistance his survivors.
