Girl ‘living her best life’ and ‘heart and soul’ of the camp

An eight -year -old girl and the director of a summer camp of all girls are among the victims of sudden floods in Texas who have charged at least 51 lives, including 15 children.

The authorities say that most victims have been identified. The authorities have not published any name publicly.

This is what we know so far about the victims.

Renee Smajstrla, eight years old, was in the Mystic camp when the floods swept the summer camp for girls, her uncle said on a Facebook post.

“Renee has been found and, although it is not the result we pray, the scope of social networks probably helped the first responders to help her identify her so fast,” wrote Shawn Salta, of Maryland.

“We are grateful that she was with her friends and spending the best moment of her life, as evidenced by this image yesterday,” he wrote. “She will always be living her best life in Camp Mystic.”

Camp Mystic, where 27 children disappear, is a Christian summer camp of almost a century of girls for girls on the shores of the Guadalupe River near Hunt, Texas.

Operated by generations of the same family since the 1930s, the camp website is invoiced as a place for girls to grow “spiritually” in a “healthy Christian atmosphere” to develop outstanding personal qualities and self -esteem. “

Heart or ‘The Hills is another girl camp that is located along the Guadalupe River and was right on the flood road on Friday.

Jane Ragsdale, described as “Heart and the Soul” of Heart O’Hills, “he did not,” said a shared statement on the official website of the camp on Saturday.

Ragsdale, who began as a campist that a counselor, became director and co -owner of the camp in 1976.

“We are mourning for the loss of a woman who influenced innumerable lives and was the definition of strong and powerful,” said the statement.

According to the statement, no campist resided on the site when the floods arrived and most of those who were there have been counted, according to the statement.

Sarah Marsh, a student at the Cherokee Benda Elementary School in Alabama, would have entered the third grade in August.

She also attended Camp Mystic when they hit the floods, and it was reported that she disappeared along with about two dozen other campers.

His grandmother, Debbie Ford Marsh, requested sentences in a Facebook post on Friday. Only a few hours later he shared online that his granddaughter was among the killed girls.

“We will always feel blessed for having had this beautiful ray of brave light in our lives. He will live in our hearts forever!” She said.

In a Facebook post, Alabama’s senator Katie Britt said she is “disconsolate by the loss of Sarah Marsh, and we keep her family in our thoughts and prayers during this unimaginable moment.”

Janie Hunt, nine years old from Dallas, also attended Camp Mystic and died in the floods.

His grandmother Margaret Hunt told the New York Times that he went to the camp with six of his cousins, which are safe.

Margaret said Janie’s parents had to visit a funeral home and identify their daughter.

Janie is great -grandchildren of the Petroleum Baron William Herbert Hunt.

As the flood waters crossed their trailer in Ingram, Texas, Julian Ryan turned to his fiancee Christina Wilson and said: “I’m sorry, I’m not going to do it. I love you all,” Christina told Houston Khou television station.

His body did not recover until hours later, after Waters backed away.

Julian had just finished a late dishwasher washing shift when the Guadalupe River overflowed Friday morning. He and Christina woke up with water to the ankle that quickly rose to his waist.

She told the station that the door of her room closed and with water running, Ryan hit a window to get her family, severely cutting her arm in the process.

His 13 -month -old children and his mother survived floating in a mattress until the help could arrive.

“A hero died, and that will never go unnoticed,” said Connie Salas, Ryan’s sister, Khou.

Katheryn Eads, 52, was dragged by the waters of the floods in the Kerville de Texas area, early Friday morning after she and her husband, Brian, fled from her motorhome when the water elevator emerged around her, Brian told the New York Times.

Another caravan had offered them a trip and came to the street before the vehicle stagnates in the flood. Moments later, both were dragged to the current. Brian said he lost sight of his wife after being beaten by rubble. He survived clinging to a tree until he reached dry land.

Katheryn’s body was recovered later. “God has it now,” wrote his mother, Elizabeth Moss Grover, on Facebook.

Amy Hutchinson, director of advice of Olive branches in Texas, where EADS had worked, told the Washington Post that it was “a hope and a light for all who knew her … a stellar advisor and teacher.”

Lila Bonner, nine years old, was found dead after floods near Camp Mystic, according to NBC News.

“In the midst of our unimaginable pain, we ask for privacy and we cannot confirm any details at this time,” said his family in a statement to the media.

“It hurts us with all those who loved her and pray incessantly.”