Former President Bush issued an announcement on Sunday expressing his sorrow over the lack of life within the harmful flooding that affected his residence state of Texas.
“On at the present time of prayer, Laura and I are holding up our fellow Texans who’re hurting,” Bush wrote in an announcement.
“We’re heartbroken by the lack of life and the agony so many are feeling,” he continued. “Those that have misplaced their valuable kids are dealing with a grief no dad and mom ought to ever know.”
As of Sunday afternoon, a minimum of 70 folks had been confirmed lifeless in central Texas, the place search and rescue operations continued to scour the world hit the toughest by Friday’s floods.
Kerr County, the place Camp Mystic and different summer time camps are positioned, confirmed 59 deaths, together with 38 adults and 21 kids, the sheriff’s office said Sunday morning. Eleven folks from different counties have been confirmed lifeless, The Associated Press reported.
The Kerr County Sheriff’s Workplace said that, as of Sunday morning, 11 campers from Camp Mystic and one counselor have been nonetheless unaccounted for.
“We’re grateful to the primary responders and volunteers who’re working to seek out the lacking and luxury the grieving at Camp Mystic and alongside the Guadalupe. We all know our phrases can’t assist, however we consider the prayers of so many Individuals will,” Bush’s assertion added.
The camp has been the go-to summer time camp for the daughters of Texans, also called “Mystic women,” for almost a century, particularly among the many state’s political elite, according to the Texas Tribune.
Former First Woman Laura Bush was as soon as a counselor on the camp, the place former President Lyndon B. Johnson’s daughters, granddaughters and great-granddaughters additionally attended.
Rep. August Pfluger’s (R-Texas) daughters and Rep. Buddy Carter’s (R-Ga.) granddaughters have been on the camp throughout the flooding, however they each confirmed their relations have been secure. Carter stated his granddaughter’s cousin, Janie, died from the floods.