Camp Mystic owners apologize for deadly flood plan failures and push to reopen over Texas lawmakers’ objections | CNN

After two days of emotional testimony, Texas lawmakers and investigators Tuesday laid out a grim assessment of Camp Mystic’s leaders’ role in last summer’s devastating floods that left 27 dead: no real evacuation plan and a delayed response as waters rose. That’s raised mounting doubts for state lawmakers about whether the camp should reopen as planned. The work of the state legislative committee – led by the same two investigators lawmakers hired in 2022 to investigate the Uvalde school massacre – offered the clearest picture yet of what happened at Camp Mystic’s Guadalupe River campus in July, pieced together through heart-wrenching testimony and chilling accounts. “The fate of those girls was set before any first drop of rain ever fell,” said state Sen. Charles Perry, a Republican. After days of wrenching testimony about camp deaths, judge says Camp Mystic’s flood site must remain untouched The investigators said the Eastland family, which owns and runs the camp, failed to build a flash flood evacuation plan, hold drills or give camp counselors any serious training in preparation for a major weather event. And despite closely monitoring weather alerts in the