After catastrophic floods, Texas to enact sweeping camp safety law to protect kids

(CNN) — Courageous and plucky with “absolutely killer style,” 8-year-old Cile Steward was a force of nature , her family says.

It’s been two months since an entire summer’s worth of rain fell on July 4, triggering the flash floods that rushed through Texas Hill Country and converged around Camp Mystic, killing at least 26 campers and counselors in Kerr County.

Cile, a camper at the all-girls camp, is still missing, and her mother, CiCi Williams Steward, said summer camps in the state must be properly equipped and held accountable to protect children in the future.

“Obvious commonsense safety measures were absent. Protocols that should have been in place were ignored,” Steward said. “She was stolen from her family, from her future, from the world she lit up with her independence