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The floods at Camp Mystic took 27 lives two months ago
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Now the Texas camp is planning to reopen next summer and families are pushing back
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For parents like Cece and Will Stewart, the announcement hits close to home
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Their eight-year-old daughter still has not been found. In a letter to camp leaders this week
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they wrote, you are preparing to invite children to swim in the very river
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that may still hold our daughter's body. Instead, the stewards said Camp Mystic must hold themselves accountable for what happened on July 4th
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On the day of the disaster, camp owner Richard Dick Eastland received a severe weather alert at 1.14 a.m.
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but evacuation didn't start until about an hour later, according to the Washington Post
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Eastland died trying to lead campers to safety as rushing waters tore through the camp
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Camp Mystic says parents who lost children will be invited to take part in rebuilding
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The camp also says it relies on faith and a century-long mission to provide a Christian experience for girls
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The property at Cypress Lake is away from the Guadalupe River and escaped damage in the July flood
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Camp Mystic had more than half its buildings in a 100-year flood plain, one of 13 high-risk camps in Texas
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For Straight Arrow News, I'm Kaylee Carey
