{"id":30212,"date":"2025-07-07T21:55:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T21:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=30212"},"modified":"2025-07-07T21:55:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T21:55:08","slug":"heartbreaking-photo-shows-entire-cabin-of-camp-mystic-girls-and-counselors-who-were-washed-away-daily-mail-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=30212","title":{"rendered":"Heartbreaking photo shows entire cabin of Camp Mystic girls and counselors who were washed away | Daily Mail Online"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- ad: https:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v8\/us\/news\/none\/article\/other\/billboard.html --><\/p>\n<div id=\"mini-carousel-wrapper\" class=\"item news\" data-track-module=\"am-mini_carousel^mini_carousel\" data-track-selector=\".rotator-panels a\" data-track-pos=\"static\">\n<div class=\"shallow-ac mini\">\n<div class=\"rotator\">\n<div class=\"rotator-pages\">\n<div class=\"rotator-next\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"taboola-top-carousel-thumbnails\" class=\"taboola\" data-taboolaposition=\"beforeArticle\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"articleWide cleared\">\n<div class=\"alpha\">\n<div id=\"js-article-text\" class=\"article-text wide  heading-tag-switch\">\n<h1>Heartbreaking photo shows entire cabin of Camp Mystic girls and counselors who were washed away<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"articleIconLinksContainer\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- ad: https:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v8\/us\/news\/none\/article\/other\/para_top.html --><\/p>\n<div class=\"adHolder column-content cleared\">\n<div id=\"para_top\" style=\"width: 638px; margin: 0 auto;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!-- CWV --><!-- [if !IE]><!--> <!--<![endif]--> <!-- [if IE]>\n \t<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/registration--.css\" media=\"screen\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<![endif]--> <!-- [if !IE]><!--> <!--<![endif]--><!-- [if IE]>\n \t<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/all-ie8-9--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n \t<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/all1-ie8-9--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<![endif]--> <!-- [if !IE]><!--> <!--<![endif]--> <!-- [if IE 8]>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-polyfill\/1.0.2\/ie8.js\"><\/script>\n<![endif]--> <!-- [if IE 9]>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-polyfill\/1.0.2\/ie9.js\"><\/script>\n<![endif]--> <!-- [if IE]>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/sync_bundle--.js\"><\/script>\n<![endif]--> <!-- [if !IE]> --> <!--<![endif]--><!-- SiteCatalyst code version: H.20.3.\n    Copyright 1997-2009 Omniture, Inc. 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escape particularly challenging.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The bodies of 10 of the girls and counselor Chloe Childress, 18, have been found as of Monday morning, while counselor Katherine Ferruzzo and three campers remain missing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Those confirmed dead from the Bubble Inn cabin are: Janie Hunt, Margaret Bellows, Lila Bonner, Lainey Landry, Sarah Marsh, Linnie McCown, Winne Naylor, Eloise Peck, Renee Smajstrla and Mary Stevens.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The girls from the cabin who are still missing are Molly DeWitt, Ellen Getten and Abby Pohl.\u00a0 The co-owner of the Christian girls camp, Dick Eastland, reportedly died while trying to save the girls in the Twins and Bubble Inn cabins.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">His body was found in a black SUV alongside those of three girls he had tried to save, reported\u00a0<a class=\"class\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2025\/07\/05\/camp-mystic-floods-parents-missing-children\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Washington Post.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Camp Mystic confirmed Monday that at least 27 campers and counselors had died in the floods.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The 13 girls and two counselors were staying in Camp Mystic&#8217;s Bubble Inn cabin when the catastrophic floods hit on Friday morning<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">A view inside of a cabin at Camp Mystic, the site of where at least 20 girls went missing after flash flooding<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">A search and rescue volunteer holds a T-shirt and backpack with the words Camp Mystic on them<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Many of the girls in the cabins were unable to flee as the water rose 20 feet in just 90 minutes when the catastrophic floods hit on Friday morning.<a class=\"class\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2025\/07\/05\/camp-mystic-floods-parents-missing-children\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;We have been in communication with local and state authorities who are tirelessly deploying extensive resources to search for our missing girls,&#8217; the camp said in a statement posted on its website.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mol-img-group floatRHS\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The body of camp counselor Chloe Childress, 18, was recovered over the weekend<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;We are deeply grateful for the outpouring of support from community, first responders, and officials at every level.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Families were allowed to look around the camp beginning Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">One girl was seen walking out of a building ringing a large bell in an attempt to find survivors, while\u00a0a man whose daughter was rescued from a cabin on the highest point in the camp walked the riverbank looking in clumps of trees and under big rocks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A teenage girl had tears running down her face as they slowly drove away and she gazed through the open window at the wreckage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Across the state, the floods killed at least 91 people as of Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Governor Greg Abbott said Sunday that a further 41 people confirmed to be unaccounted for across the state and more could be missing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"splitLeft\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splitRight\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Nine-year-old Janie Hunt, left, and Sarah Marsh, 8, died in the flooding at Camp Mystic<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Nine-year-old Lila Bonner (right), was attending Camp Mystic with her best friend Eloise Peck (left)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Eloise Peck (right) was sharing a cabin with Lila Bonner (left) when they were killed in the flooding<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Rescuers have continued\u00a0maneuvering through challenging terrain filled with snakes as they look for the missing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The devastation along the Guadalupe River, outside of San Antonio, has drawn a massive search effort as officials face questions over their preparedness and the speed of their initial actions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Beyond the Camp Mystic campers unaccounted for, the number of missing from other nearby campgrounds and across the region had not been released.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;We don\u2019t even want to begin to estimate at this time,&#8217; Kerrville City Manager Dalton Rice said Saturday, citing the likely influx of visitors during the July Fourth holiday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">President Donald Trump signed a major disaster declaration Sunday for Kerr County and said he would likely visit Friday: &#8216;I would have done it today, but we\u2019d just be in their way.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;It\u2019s a horrible thing that took place, absolutely horrible,&#8217; he told reporters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- ad: https:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v8\/us\/news\/none\/article\/other\/mpu_channel.html --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heartbreaking photo shows entire cabin of Camp Mystic girls and counselors who were washed away &nbsp; &nbsp; A heartbreaking photo shows an entire cabin of Camp Mystic girls and counselors &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30213,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30212"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30214,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30212\/revisions\/30214"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/30213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}