Overview

• Torrential rains pushed the Guadalupe River from about 3 feet to nearly 30 feet within hours, inundating cabins at Camp Mystic
• Coast Guard and Air National Guard helicopters made four flight attempts through severe weather to establish landing zones on archery and soccer fields
• Petty Officer Scott Ruskan, on his first rescue mission, spent about three hours alone triaging and comforting roughly 165 campers without radio or cell service
• Teen camp counselors used Sharpies to write names on campers’ skin and guided groups through rising floodwaters to awaiting helicopters
• Official tallies report 27 deaths at Camp Mystic and over 100 fatalities statewide, with search teams still looking for ten campers plus one counselor