Mystic

此決定是在立法者與家屬的壓力下做出的，目前針對這起致命災難回應的調查仍在進行中。陷入困境的 Camp Mystic 組織於週四暫停了今年夏季重新開放的計劃，在此之前，Texas 政治領導人以及去年 7 月深夜巨大洪水席捲這家全女生基督教營地，導致 27 名年輕露營者喪生的家屬之憤怒情緒已持續數月並不斷升溫。這一決定是在 Texas 立法者進行了數天尖銳的質詢後做出的，他們目前正在調查營地官員對於 7 月 4 日造成露營者與兩名青少年輔導員喪生的毀滅性洪水之反應。營地所有者 Dick Eastland 也在洪水中喪生。繼續閱讀...

在家庭 members 反對重新開放這座德州營地的情況下，一名主管在流淚的證詞中詳細描述了被忽略的警告及計畫的缺失。去年夏天，德州 Hill Country 的全女孩基督教營地 Camp Mystic 發生山洪暴發，導致 25 名營員和 2 名輔導員喪生。該營地主管 Edward Eastland 在奧斯汀舉行的德州眾議院與參議院聯合委員會調查會議上，向被害者家屬表達了深切的歉意。他表示：「那天晚上我們已經竭盡全力，但仍不足以救回你們的女兒。我非常抱歉。」

Camp’s medical officer testified at a hearing as state health agency reviews camp’s application to reopen this summerSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxThe medical officer for Camp Mystic, the Christian summer camp in Texas where 27 girls and counselors were killed in a catastrophic flood last year, testified this week she has still not officially reported the deaths to the state health agency reviewing the camp’s application to reopen.Mary Liz Eastland, a member of the family that owns and operates the camp, appeared in court this week as part of a hearing tied to a lawsuit brought by the family of eight-year-old camper Cecilia “Cile” Steward, whose body has not been found. The family is seeking to temporarily close off the camp’s flooded areas to preserve the damage as evidence while their lawsuit proceeds. Continue reading...