FEMA removed dozens of Camp Mystic buildings
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Bubble Inn saw generations of 8-year-olds enter as strangers and emerge as confident young ladies equipped with new skills from the great outdoors and lifelong friends – bonds that would one day prove vital in the face of unfathomable tragedy.
Young girls, camp employees and vacationers are among the at least 120 people who died when Texas' Guadalupe River flooded.
The mission proved to be much more arduous than expected for her and her small crew of four, all of whom are first tour aviators.
President Donald Trump is touring the devastation left by flash flooding in central Texas amid growing questions about how local officials responded to the crisis as well as questions about the federal response -- including the fate of the Federal Emergency Management Agency -- that he has so far avoided.
Records released Tuesday show Camp Mystic met state regulations for disaster procedures, but details of the plan remain unclear.
The Houston Texans were the first to announce their donations on Saturday, July 5, with more coming throughout the week. The Dallas Cowboys and the NFL Foundation joined the Texans on Sunday, July 6, with each contributing $500,000 in a $1.5 million total donation.
Controversy erupted after a fundraiser for Sade Perkins, a former Houston official who made racial comments about the 27 girls who died in Camp Mystic floods.
The White House says the president will visit the state emergency operations center to meet with first responders and relatives of flood victims.