"Our children's lives were cut short because the safeguards in place were not enough," a Campaign for Camp Safety spokesperson is quoted as saying in a press release. "We are asking lawmakers to make sure no other family ever has to endure the pain we have lived with every day since July 4."

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.

Families who lost daughters in the July 4 flood at Camp Mystic testified before a state Senate committee in favor of SB 1 to require more safety measures at camps.

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,