By State Senator Tan Parker

On July 4, 2025, joy turned to tragedy when the Guadalupe River rose nearly 30 feet in less than an hour, claiming 135 lives, 37 of them children. At Camp Mystic in Hunt, a place of friendship and tradition for generations of Texas girls, floodwaters swept away 27 precious young lives.

As a husband and father of two daughters, I cannot begin to fathom the pain of families who sent their children to camp expecting adventure or who gathered by the river to celebrate the holiday and are now left searching for answers. In the midst of unspeakable grief, many of these families testified before lawmakers, pleading so that no other family endures such pain.

Their words stirred our hearts as we saw photos of their precious loved ones, including several from our area,

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