“It was because of y’all, my family, myself, our friend that was camping with us and her kids are all here today. You guys/gals are the ones that saved out lives. Thank you so much.”
Lyle Glenna was scheduled to leave the hospital sometime Monday. For now, he and his wife are staying in one of two hilltop cabins above the campground, which had a recreational vehicle park, permanent residences and cabins.
The raging flash floods — among the nation’s worst in decades — slammed into riverside camps and homes, pulling sleeping people out of their cabins, tents and trailers and dragging them for miles past floating tree trunks and automobiles. Some survivors were found clinging to trees.
About 13 miles to the southwest of the HTR campground, the Camp Mystic all-girls Christian summer retreat announced it lost 27 campers and counselors to the floodwaters.
This story contains material from the Associated Press .