{"id":30679,"date":"2025-07-14T18:10:55","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T18:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=30679"},"modified":"2025-07-14T18:10:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T18:10:55","slug":"she-was-just-8-the-only-daughter-of-a-college-football-coach-now-confirmed-among-the-dead-at-camp-mystic-after-the-texas-floods-he-screamed-her-name-in-the-rain-searched-every-small-pink-ba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=30679","title":{"rendered":"She was just 8. The only daughter of a college football coach\u2014now confirmed among the dead at Camp Mystic after the Texas floods. He screamed her name in the rain, searched every small pink backpack, every soaked little shoe. But no one answered. When the last tiny sneaker was pulled from the water, he didn\u2019t collapse. He didn\u2019t cry. He just sat on the ground, holding the drenched stuffed animal she carried the day she left home. \u201cI\u2019ve coached hundreds of boys to be strong. To lose. To get back up. But no one ever taught me how to live after losing my daughter.\u201d \u2014 Social media fell silent. And for the first time, millions prayed\u2014not for a team, but for a father who just lost his entire world. &#8211; Update Nhanh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Kellyanne Lytal, the eight-year-old daughter of Trinity University assistant football coach Wade Lytal, was among the campers killed during\u00a0this month\u2019s horrifying flash flooding in central Texas, the school has confirmed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018Our entire community grieves with the Lytal family, to whom we extend our deepest sympathies and unwavering support,\u2019 a spokesperson for Trinity University, a Division III college in San Antonio, wrote in a statement. \u2018We know this loss will be felt across our campus and beyond.\u2019<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/08\/05\/multimedia\/05texas-floods-victims-sub-czpb\/05texas-floods-victims-sub-czpb-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" alt=\"Texas Flood Victims: What We Know - The New York Times\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Lytals were among the\u00a0desperate families clinging to hope\u00a0of finding their lost daughters after the\u00a0Guadalupe River spilled over into Camp Mystic, where 27 campers and counsellors have now been confirmed dead about 85 miles away from San Antonio.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-5\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Trinity head coach Jerheme Urban and several players were seen contributing to the search efforts for the missing campers, according to San Antonio\u2019s KSAT-TV.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018Asking for all prayers for a miracle for my baby girl Kellyanne,\u2019 Wade wrote on X alongside a video of Kellyanne singing a\u00a0Christmas\u00a0carol on stage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018She is still one of the Mystic Campers who is unaccounted for. I\u2019ll never forget when she told me she had a lead solo in the Christmas Pageant. She is absolutely fearless.\u2019<\/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\">Kellyanne Lytal, the eight-year-old daughter of Trinity University assistant football coach Wade Lytal, was among the campers killed during this month\u2019s horrifying 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\">Wade Lytal is pictured with a young Kellyanne, who was eight-years-old when she passed<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Wade is a graduate of Trinity who played on the football team\u2019s offensive line. He\u2019s now the team\u2019s offensive coordinator.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He and his wife, Malorie, also have another daughter, Emmalynn.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/thumbnails.texastribune.org\/aCDnixp244RmlZQAyM5UiWFNCPg=\/850x570\/smart\/filters:quality(75)\/https:\/\/static.texastribune.org\/media\/files\/0391a56be4753263782d1110e75e9895\/0705%20Flood%20REUTERS%2001.jpg\" alt=\"Was the Hill Country sufficiently warned about Texas flooding? | The Texas  Tribune\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Lytals have since released a statement to Fox Digital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018She was kind, fearless, silly, compassionate, and a loving friend to everyone,\u2019 the statement began. \u2018Even though she was taken from us way too early, we thank God for the eight magical years we got to share with her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018Our family wants to thank everyone for their prayers and support during this difficult time. We are forever grateful for the men and women who are assisting in the Search and Rescue efforts.\u2019<\/p>\n<div class=\"moduleFull mol-video\">\n<div class=\"item\">\n<div id=\"v-3251444708071457528\" class=\"vjs-video-container vjs-fixed vjs-span-two-col sport\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\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\">Wade and his wife, Malorie, also have another daughter, Emmalynn, in addition to Kellyanne<\/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\">Wade Lytal is pictured with his two daughters at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The death toll from the flash flooding has already reached 129 with 160 individuals still missing from central Texas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The tragedy was a primary topic at this week\u2019s Big 12 media days, where TCU coach Sonny Dykes and his players wore green ribbons to honor Camp Mystic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Baylor football coach Dave Aranda described the flash floods as \u2018a parent\u2019s worst nightmare.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018It\u2019s beyond tragedy,\u2019 he said. \u2018The last couple days, I have just really been struggling with that. My wife and I have been just keeping up with it and I just wanted to say that, you know, my heart is broken and the girls and the families affected are in my thoughts.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">President Donald Trump also discussed the Camp Mystic girls with reporters as he toured the wreckage before returning to\u00a0Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey for the weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018They were there because they loved God,\u2019 Trump said of the campers at the century-old Christian camp. \u2018And, as we grieve this unthinkable tragedy, we take comfort in the knowledge that God has welcomed those little beautiful girls into his comforting arms in heaven.\u2019<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content -->&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!-- .entry-tags --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kellyanne Lytal, the eight-year-old daughter of Trinity University assistant football coach Wade Lytal, was among the campers killed during\u00a0this month\u2019s horrifying flash flooding in central Texas, the school has confirmed. &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30680,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30679","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\/30679","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=30679"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30681,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30679\/revisions\/30681"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/30680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}