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Parents and family of the girls lost to the recent floods at Camp Mystic in Kerr County attend the passage of a Senate Bill related to campground and youth camp safety in the Senate Chamber at the Texas Capitol, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

In the days and weeks following the death of his 9-year-old daughter, Lila, at Camp Mystic in the Texas Hill Country, Blake Bonner found himself wondering whether the tragedy was simply an unstoppable act of God or something could have been done to prevent it.

Lila was one of 27 Camp Mystic campers and counselors swept to their deaths when fast-rising floodwaters of the Guadalupe River roared through the girls’ summer camp. All told, the destructive

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