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Camp Mystic director Dick Eastland dies while trying to save girls from Texas floods
Camp Mystic director Richard "Dick" Eastland died while attempting to rescue campers during deadly flooding that tore through ...
Richard ‘Dick’ Eastland, Camp Mystic’s 74-year-old owner, died while leading campers to safety during the devastating floods
Richard “Dick” Eastland, the owner and director of Camp Mystic in Kerr County, Texas, died while helping campers get to ...
Camp Mystic Owners’ Legacy: ‘If You’re a Camper, You Know Who They Are’
For decades, Dick and Tweety Eastland presided over Camp Mystic with a kind of magisterial benevolence that alumni well past ...
Camp Mystic Owner Who Died Saving Campers Previously Pushed for Flood Warning Systems
Richard "Dick" Eastland previously pushed for better warnings, including after 10 children at a different camp where killed ...
FEMA removed dozens of Camp Mystic buildings from 100-year flood map before expansion, records show
Camp Mystic lost at least 27 campers and counselors and longtime owner Dick Eastland when historic floodwaters tore through ...
Camp Mystic hero killed saving girls spent years fighting for better safety after pregnant wife airlifted from flood
Hero Texas camp director Richard “Dick” Eastland battled floods for decades and even saw his pregnant wife once airlifted off the grounds to a hospital because of a deluge.
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Camp Mystic’s owner warned of floods for decades. Then the river killed him
The Guadalupe River flood claimed 27 lives at Camp Mystic, including local hero Dick Eastland, who died rescuing campers ...
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Camp Mystic Director Dick Eastland among the dead in Guadalupe River flood
Torrential rains pounded Central Texas on Friday, dropping more than 10 inches of rain and causing the Guadalupe River to ...