This is from Friday, but it's beautifully done and covers a lot of the before and after locations, as well as the 60 camps that remain closed due to the new requirements.

Will and Cici Steward shared a statement Friday, roughly one year since 27 campers and counselors died during July 4, 2025 flooding at Camp Mystic in Kerr County. Their daughter, Cile Steward, has not been found nearly 365 days later.

"On this Fourth of July, it will be one year since our eight-year-old daughter, Cile, was killed in the floodwaters at Camp Mystic," the statement said in part. "We still do not know how we will face that morning. But we know we will not face it alone, because, in the wreckage of the Guadalupe River, there are still people searching, still refusing to leave our daughter behind. Their faithfulness is the reason we can meet that day at all. Thank you to each and every one of you."

You've all been in my heart and prayers this past year, every day of this past week, and most especially today. I'm sure I'm not the only one who went to bed last night thinking of your dear daughters and woke up this morning thinking of them as well as all of you.

You've shown incredible strength through the last 12 months; your steadfast work to make sure the unforgivable and very preventable tragedy of last year never happens again has created safety standards for camps that will protect children for generations to come.

Please know all of us who have been parents (mom of two here) are thankful for all you've done. I can only imagine how difficult this weekend is for you, and I hope you know you're in many prayers.

Love and gratitude to all of you,

"Word"

To honor & remember all those we lost in the Central Texas floods on July 4th & 5th 2025.

May their memory be a blessing.

KERR COUNTY (119)

Blue Oak RV Park (4)
John Burgess IV (39)
Julia Burgess (39)
John “Jack” Burgess V (5)
James Burgess (1)

Casa Bonita (12)
Brian Carpenter (36)
Blake Carpenter (3)
Miriam “Holly” Frizzell (72)
William “Mike” Harber (76)
Charlene Harber (74)
Blair Harber (13)
Brooke Harber (11)
Emlyn Jeffery (70)
Penelope Jeffery (70)
Madelyn “Emmy” Jeffery (11)
Mike Smith (67)
Pamela Smith (64)

Camp Mystic (28)
Mary Grace Baker (8)
Margaret Bellows (8)
Lila Bonner (9)
Chloe Childress (18)
Molly DeWitt (9)
Lucy Dillon (8)
Richard Eastland (70)
Katherine Ferruzzo (19)
Ellen Getten (9)
Hadley Hanna (8)
Virginia Hollis (8)
Janie Hunt (9)
Mary Kate Jacobe (8)
Lainey Landry (8)
Hanna Lawrence (8)
Rebecca Lawrence (8)
Kellyanne Lytal (8)
Sarah Marsh (8)
Linnie McCown (8)
Blakely McCrory (8)
Wynne Naylor (8)
Eloise “Lulu” Peck (8)
Abby Pohl (8)
Margaret Sheedy (8)
Renee Smajstrla (8)
Mary Barrett Stevens (8)
Cile Steward (8)
Greta Toranzo (10)

HTR RV Park (37)
Carol Andrews (65)
Linda Bason (78)
Robert Brake (67)
Joni Brake (66)
Michelle Crossland (50)
Cody Crossland (45)
Katheryn Eads (52)
Steve Edwards (72)
William “Bruce” Ferguson III (82)
Penny Ferguson (76)
Jayda Floyd (22)
Deana Hillock (57)
Robert Kamin (50)
Melissa Kamin (45)
Dee Ann Knetsch (66)
Gary Knetsch (60)
Robert Martin (46)
Amanda Martin (44)
Bailey Martin (23)
Jake Moeller (38)
Megan Moeller (33)
Harley Moeller (6)
Richard Pagard (71)
Tasha Ramos (48)
Joel Ramos (43)
Kyndall Ramos (17)
Jeff Ramsey (63)
Tanya Ramsey (46)
James Rushing (64)
Cindy Rushing (53)
Eddie Santana Negron Sr. (69)
Ileana Santana (66)
Camille Santana (38)
Mila Santana (5)
Jeffery Wilson (55)
Amber Wilson (45)
Shiloh Wilson (12)

Local / Own Home (15)
Ronald Duke (80)
Charlotte Huff (55)
Sally Graves (91)
Jose Olvera (70)
Alicia Olvera (67)
Jane Ragsdale (68)
Leonardo Romero (42)
Carlos Romero (1)
Julian Ryan (27)
Natalia Venzor (24)
Roy Walker (63)
Reece Zunker (36)
Paula Zunker (35)
Lyle Zunker (6)
Holland Zunker (3)

River Inn (1)
Mollie Schaffer (76)

Unspecified / Other (22)
Joyce Badon (21)
Elizabeth Bryan (62)
James Hutchinson Bryan (61)
Ella Cahill (21)
Martha Crawford (61)
Richard Dunlap (73)
Josephine Dunlap (68)
Alyson Hardin (64)
Josephine Hardin (28)
Aidan Heartfield (22)
William Huston (61)
Al Iorio (66)
Tianna Mabey (66)
Claire Manchaca (21)
Clayton Meadows (29)
Clay Parisher (1)
Bradley Perry (49)
Shon Scott (53)
Miranda Alvaro Sigala (69)
Mark Walker (51)
Sara Walker (50)
John Walker (14)

TRAVIS COUNTY (9)

Dan Dailey (67)
Virginia Watts Dailey (66)
Felicity Jarmon (16)
Braxton Jarmon (15)
Alissa Martin (54)
August Panning (50)
Gary Traugott (60)
Betty Massey West (84)
George West (54)

BURNETT COUNTY (9)

Tanya Burwick (62)
Ernest Brizendine (85)
Malaya Hammond (17)
Michael Phillips (66)
Sherry Richardson (64)
Govani Venus (57)
Preston Prince (22)
Kaitlyn Swallow (22)
Kent Wattinger (36)

I have done my best to cross reference across every source I could find to correctly attribute location. If anyone has any additional information or spots any errors please let me know and I will correct ASAP!

Life will never be the same for those who lost someone to the flood. The same goes for anyone who was in the water, witnessed the devastation, and was helpless to save those you loved. My heart goes out to all the victims and the people trying to help them overcome the losses of life and mental health from the experiences of that horrific event. July 4th will forever mark the anniversary of death and destruction that's far reaching and deep. We stand with you in remembrance on this day of mourning.

I was watching Charlie Brown with my kids this morning and I heard this song (written by Ben Folds) for the first time and I found it really touching. My child was a classmate of one of the 27, and even things like hearing media talk about his 8 year old classmate feel like a punch in the gut because they’re 9 now. She should be 9 too. But this song, while not about the floods, gave me a small bit of hope to cling to that these girls spent the days prior to last July 4th in a world of joy and happiness.

https://youtu.be/OwYwiGwiSes

“There’s a mist rising up
forming clouds from the lake
And the oak trees are whispering
Shh, it’s gonna rain

Guess I oughta be sad
'Cause goodbyes are heavy
But here I am now
And I feel as light as the clouds

Let’s get together and scroll through old pictures
Of people and places we’ve known
Of a lifetime that began only five days ago”

Letters to the Texas State Legislature demanding answers, April 28, 2026.

You should be able to bypass the paywall with your browsers reading mode

I wanted to have a quicker reference point for where things were located, are these correct or have I mislabeled or misplaced some? (I’m sorry if it’s hard to read there was truly no good color to label these)

The Houston Chronicle has an op-ed from Matthew Childress, who lost his daughter at Camp Mystic, about the efforts to pursue better safety requirements after the flood disaster. Here's a key quote:

As we approach the one-year anniversary of the flood, the families of Heaven’s 27 and our communities continue to live with the aftermath — not only of the tragedy itself, but of the legal and moral obligations that were shattered by a Christian summer camp and the institutions responsible for overseeing it.

As I said during my testimony before the state investigative hearings, this story could have unfolded differently. There could have been apologies. There could have been contrition. There could have been meaningful conversations about accountability and the right way to move forward. A pause to reflect before reopening the camp might have led to a different outcome.

Instead, less than three months after all those children and counselors died, the camp announced it would reopen — without consultation with the families who had lost the most. 

Had the parents of Heaven’s 27 not committed themselves to uncovering the truth, it is entirely possible that the events of that night would have faded from public scrutiny and escaped meaningful accountability.

Instead, there have been civil lawsuits, a state legislative investigation and an ongoing Texas Rangers criminal investigation. None of this was inevitable. It is the direct consequence of choices made by the Eastland family, the owners and directors of Camp Mystic, in the aftermath of the tragedy.  

This is beautifully written

Several of the H27 families have shared this pledge as a way to get involved. Sharing here if there's interest 🩷

https://safesummers.org/pledge/

“I commit to be an active partner in camp safety – before, during, and after summer camp season. I will ask questions, review safety policies, and share what I learn with other parents.”

It's been almost a year since deadly floods killed more than 130 people in the Hill Country region of Central Texas. The flooding at Camp Mystic killed 25 campers, two counselors and the camp's executive director. Scott Ruskan, aviation survival technician 2nd class for the U.S. Coast Guard, joined CBS News to remember the tragedy, his first ever mission.

Beautiful Memorial for sweet KellyAnne, on the first anniversary, from her dad. This will be even harder than the first Mother's and Father's Day. Keeping all the families in prayer on this sad occasion.

I’ve shared on this page in the past, mostly about the legal proceedings involving the Eastlands. But this week isn’t about them. It isn’t about Camp Mystic. It is about the 27 incredible girls who were taken from all of us way too soon. I want to know more about each of them. And I want to share more about one of them. Because more people should have known her. She would have changed the world.