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The owners of Camp Mystic announced plans to build a memorial honoring the 25 campers, including eight-year-old Sile Stewart, whose body has yet to be recovered, and two counselors who tragically lost their lives. The memorial will strive to capture the beauty, kindness, and grace they all shared while celebrating the joy they carried and will forever inspire in us.
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The families of seven campers and two counselors at Camp Mystic who died during the July 4 Hill Country floods sued the camp Monday, alleging that its owners’ negligence resulted in a “self-created disaster” that led to the fatalities.

Twenty-five campers and two counselors were among the more than 130 people that died in this summer’s flash flooding near Kerrville along the Guadalupe River.

Monday’s legal action takes the form of three separate suits, all filed in Travis County district court. Each seeks more than $1 million in damages. The petitions name members of the Eastland family, the owners of Camp Mystic, as defendants, as well as the estate of Richard “Dick” Eastland, who perished trying to save campers during the disaster.

The suit filed by the parents of five of the girls at the Christian all-girls camp argues that officials there “focused on profits over safety” and made “catastrophic decisions” about where to locate its cabins. The petition further alleges the camp implemented flawed flood-response precautions.