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Mom shares chilling details of how her 2 sons survived flooding at Texas camp
It began with a text message from Camp La Junta, alerting parents to flooding in the area and warning that the 200-acre ...
Mom and Sons Recount Moments When Texas Floods Filled Camp
Keli Rabon joins TODAY, along with her sons Braeden and Brock, who share their harrowing account of when Camp La Junta in ...
'Our beds started tipping over': Brothers recount terrifying moments floodwaters overwhelmed camp
The boys spent about 13 hours waiting for help and were eventually relocated to a safe shelter on the property.
Camp La Junta parents from Houston area head to Hunt to pick up son after deadly flooding
Amy and Joe Etheridge, of Cat Spring, say they dropped off their son, Windom, at Camp La Junta in Hunt, about 13 miles west ...
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The Hill Country Summer Camps Were My Story. After the Flood, They’re My Grandson’s.
He's a staff member this summer at Camp La Junta. The night of the flood, he was awakened by the popping sounds of pipes ...
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'Oh my God, we're floating': What survivors – and those still missing – faced in terrifying Texas floods
“Oh my God, we’re floating,” Ruffin Boyett realized. The campers had to make a quick decision. “The flood started getting ...
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2 Camp La Junta campers share how they survived Kerr County floodwaters
The memories of going away to summer camp typically last a lifetime. For brothers Piers and Ruffin Boyett, their memories at ...
Brothers describe horror of climbing on top bunks to escape Texas floods for 13 hours — as mom praises hero counselors
"We jumped up to another bed, a top bunk and like our beds started tipping over, and we got to the top really quick and then, ...
How torrential flooding wrought tragedy at an almost century-old camp for girls in central Texas
As first responders continue to rescue people stranded by the torrential flooding that descended on central Texas Friday, ...