""When I dropped her off, I had told her it was the safest place on Earth," said Lacey Hollis, the mother of Virginia."
""It became very, very clear that this wasn't an accident. This was complacency and it is 100% preventable," said Lila's father, Blake Bonner."
""Every phone call, every text, your heart stops because you hope it's news that they've found your child," said her father, Will Steward."
More than 100 people, including 27 children from Camp Mystic, died in a fatal Texas flood on July 4; one camper remains missing. Parents of seven victims describe profound grief, shock, and the momentary hope each call or text brought. Families assert that the tragedy was preventable and attribute the deaths to complacency rather than accident. Several families testified before the Texas Senate advocating for the Heaven's 27 Camp Safety Act to mandate safety requirements for youth camps and campgrounds statewide. Shared loss has bonded the families and motivated them to pursue legislative change to prevent future tragedies.
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