‘What do we do?’: 911 calls reveal camp’s repeated pleas for rescue during July 4th floods

Editor’s note: This article has been updated to include a statement provided by Camp Mystic requested before but provided after publication.

HUNT, Texas (KXAN) — Calls from panicked camps along the Guadalupe River, where hundreds of young children were visiting, were among the 911 calls from the deadly July 4th floods released on Friday.

Just before 4 a.m., as the Guadalupe River rose above 20 feet on Independence Day, one caller from Camp Mystic told dispatchers she was stranded on a hill and could not reach the main office…

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