Parents say Camp Mystic counselor “died a hero” trying to save girls from flood

In their first television interview, the parents of 19-year-old Katherine Ferruzzo are demanding changes from Camp Mystic, where their daughter died in last summer’s devastating floods. Katherine had attended Camp Mystic for 10 years and was the last counselor to be found after the flooding that killed 27 at the camp and more than 135 people across the Texas Hill Country.

“Katherine died a hero. She gave her life trying to save those little girls,” her mother, Andrea Ferruzzo, told CBS News.

The Ferruzzos, who live in Houston, say the tragedy was preventable. Katherine, her co-counselor Chloe Childress, and 25 campers were among those swept away as the flood waters rose during a torrential storm last Fourth of July weekend…

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