Camp Mystic Flood Tragedy: Parents Testify for Summer Camp Safety Legislation

Devastating Loss at Camp Mystic

• 💔 The parents of 8-year-old Seal Stewart, still missing after being swept away in the Camp Mystic floods, shared their profound grief.
• 📌 Seal's mother, Cece, described their family's experience as living in a "torture chamber" as they await news of their daughter.
• 👧 Seal, a legacy camper, was attending Camp Mystic for the first time.

Testimony for Legislative Change

• 💧 Seal's father testified, visibly emotional, in support of new state legislation aimed at improving safety at summer camps.
• ⏳ 48 days after the flood, Seal remains missing in the Guadalupe River.

Other Families' Tragic Experiences

• 👼 The parents of 9-year-old Janie Hunt also provided testimony, sharing the heartbreak of their daughter's death.
• 🎶 The father of Virginia Hollis played a song composed by his talented 8-year-old daughter, highlighting the immense loss.
• 🏡 Kaitlyn, mother of another missing camper, Lila Bonner, shared her personal connection to Camp Mystic, having attended for 10 summers.