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milestogo

(22,821 posts) Wed Jul 9, 2025, 09:26 AM Jul 2025

Imagine a half dozen boys on the top bunk bed as the water rises all around them. [View all]

Two brothers who were at boys camp in Hunt Texas were interviewed on MSNBC yesterday. The younger one described the kids piling onto top bunks as the water rose all around them. They didn't know if they were going to live or die.

Fortunately they survived.

The older boy described kids crawling up a hill in their underwear in the dark and waiting a couple of hours in the cold. He helped some of the younger kids.

No child should have to stare death in the face.

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Imagine a half dozen boys on the top bunk bed as the water rises all around them. [View all] milestogo Jul 2025 OP

Agreed. niyad Jul 2025 #1

Different camp. Camp Mystic is all girls; the two brothers interviewed were at a different camp. Nt lostnfound Jul 2025 #2

Thank you. The OP stated that the boys were at Camp Mystic. niyad Jul 2025 #3

Oh sorry! My reading comprehension seems to be declining. Nt lostnfound Jul 2025 #5

That was a great interview, but it stuns me that there was no siren. lostnfound Jul 2025 #4

After the tornado killed scouts in Iowa, camps couldn't get insurance w/o safety measures JT45242 Jul 2025 #8

It just blows my mind that defacto7 Jul 2025 #11

It's more short term thinking EdmondDantes_ Jul 2025 #16

executives rewarded for year by year profit will cancel costs for IT security because it would lower their bonuses JT45242 Jul 2025 #17

Please check snowybirdie Jul 2025 #6

My mistake. It was a different camp. Video added to OP. milestogo Jul 2025 #7

I am glad that they got rescued in a few hours. 33taw Jul 2025 #9

At the end of the story the older said they didn't know where their parents were milestogo Jul 2025 #10

Why big undercount in missing and dead? Nululu Jul 2025 #12

I think its a wide area around the river. milestogo Jul 2025 #13

My cynical side suspects deliberate undercounts Nululu Jul 2025 #15

Lots of people find a strip of land that's woods and just camp. Igel Jul 2025 #19

Exactly. milestogo Jul 2025 #20

Thank you for adding the interview. It really pissed me off that the segnent niyad Jul 2025 #14

The boys were at Camp La Junta, per a different news clip. niyad Jul 2025 #18