Parents Testify for Camp Safety Legislation After Daughter's Disappearance During Camp Mystic Flooding

Plea for Camp Safety Legislation

• 💔 Cece Williams Stewart and her husband Will, parents of the only missing camper from Camp Mystic, Seal Stewart, testified before a Senate committee.
• 📣 They are expressing unwavering support for SB1, the campaign for camp safety, emphasizing the need for Texas summer camps to be properly equipped, trained, and held accountable.
• ⚠️ The core message is that joy and growth cannot exist without safety, and preventable failures led to their daughter's disappearance.

The Disappearance of Seal Stewart

• 👧 Seal Stewart, an eight-year-old girl, was attending Camp Mystic for the first time, continuing a family tradition.
• 🌊 On her fifth day, Seal was swept away during a flood, along with other campers, due to what her parents describe as absent common sense safety measures and ignored protocols.
• 😔 Seal is the only camper still missing and one of two victims unaccounted for after the flood.

Ongoing Agony and Search

• ⏳ 48 days later, Seal remains missing, presumed lost in the Guadalupe River, leaving her family in a state of agonizing uncertainty.
• 😥 The Stewarts had the difficult task of informing their younger daughter that Seal's body has not yet been recovered, a task made harder by Seal's body not being found.
• 🙏 They expressed profound gratitude to the rescuers but pleaded for the search for Seal Stewart to continue without giving up.

Call to Action and Future Hope

• ⚖️ The parents stressed that while this legislation cannot bring back their daughters, it is the beginning of necessary change to prevent future tragedies.
• 🎗️ They hope that Seal's life and death will mean change and that no other family will suffer the same fate.
• 🕊️ The family cannot begin to grieve or honor Seal's life until her body is recovered and she can be laid to rest, praying for the day when finding her child's body is considered good news.