Pink bedding drenched in mud. Stuffed animals meant for homesickness abandoned.
Photos and videos of Camp Mystic after the central Texas camp was caught in a deadly deluge over the weekend are going viral. At least 27 children and counselors died after the nearby Guadalupe River became a mass torrent of water that surged over 26 feet in less than an hour on Friday.
As some campers from the 99-year-old nondenominational Christian summer camp for girls evacuated, they sang the words "I want my world to know/the Lord of love/has come to me/I want to pass it on" to stay calm. As the girls sang, waves crashed where water shouldn't flow, tumbling through broken roads and structures turned inside-out.
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