One local summer camp in the path of the disastrous flooding in central Texas was able to avoid any loss of life by closely monitoring weather reports.

Julian Ryan’s final words to his mother, as floodwaters quickly engulfed their trailer home, were simply, “I love you.”

Two best friends, Lila Bonner and Eloise Peck, are among the kids who died at Camp Mystic in Texas when flooding swept through the area on the Fourth of July, according to local news outlets and their