{"id":12802,"date":"2025-07-07T14:08:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T14:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firearmman.com\/?p=12802"},"modified":"2025-07-07T14:08:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T14:08:04","slug":"texas-flooding-victims-from-young-campers-to-a-dad-saving-his-family-what-we-know-about-the-lives-lost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firearmman.com\/?p=12802","title":{"rendered":"Texas flooding victims: From young campers to a dad saving his family, what we know about the lives lost"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Young campers at Camp Mystic and a dad saving his family were among the dozens killed in the historic flash floods<\/a> that tore through central Texas over the holiday weekend.<\/p>\n

Here’s what we know about the lives lost:<\/p>\n

Chloe Childress<\/h3>\n
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Chloe Childress, a counselor at Camp Mystic, was killed during the devastating flooding in Hunt, Texas, over the holiday weekend, according to a representative of her high school.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Chloe Childress<\/a>, a counselor at Camp Mystic, was set to attend the University of Texas at Austin in the fall.<\/p>\n

Jonathan Eades, the head of The Kinkaid School, from which she graduated earlier this year, remembered Childress as someone who had a “remarkable way of making people feel seen” and “steady compassion that settled a room.”<\/p>\n

“Whether it was sharing her own challenges to ease someone’s burden or quietly cheering a teammate or classmate through a tough day, Chloe made space for others to feel safe, valued, and brave. She understood what it meant to be part of a community, and more than that, she helped build one,” Eades wrote in a letter to the school community.<\/p>\n

Childress “lost her life upholding this selfless and fierce commitment to others,” Eades said.<\/p>\n

“A loyal and beloved friend to all who knew her, Chloe led with empathy. Her honesty gave others the courage to speak up. Her resilience helped others push through. Her joy, so present in all the little things, reminded all who knew her to keep showing up with heart,” he said.<\/p>\n

Jane Ragsdale\u00a0 <\/h3>\n
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Flood victim, Jane Ragsdale.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Jane Ragsdale was the director of the Heart O’ the Hills Camp for Girls.<\/p>\n

“We at the camp are stunned and deeply saddened by Jane’s death,” Heart O’ the Hills Camp said in a statement. “She embodied the spirit of Heart O’ the Hills and was exactly the type of strong, joyful woman that the camp aimed to develop with the girls entrusted to us each summer.”<\/p>\n

Julian Ryan <\/h3>\n
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Flood victim, Julian Ryan.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Julian Ryan, 27, died after trying to help his family escape their trailer home in Ingram, according to his sister, Connie Salas.<\/p>\n

Ryan and his fianc\u00e9e woke up early Friday to ankle-deep water inside their home, and within moments, the water surged to waist level, she said.<\/p>\n

As their mattress began to float, the couple placed their 13-month-old and 6-year-old sons on top for safety, Salas said. The bedroom door, swollen shut from water pressure, would not open.<\/p>\n

In a desperate attempt to escape, Ryan tried to break a window and suffered a severe cut to his arm, Salas said.<\/p>\n

He began to bleed profusely, Salas said, and as the water rose to their chins, Ryan’s mother shouted for help.<\/p>\n

Ryan lost consciousness before help could arrive, she said.<\/p>\n

“I love you. I’m so sorry,” were Ryan’s last words to his fianc\u00e9e when he realized he wasn’t going to survive, the family said.<\/p>\n

“He didn’t die in vain,” Salas told ABC News. “He died a hero.”<\/p>\n

Katheryn Eads <\/h3>\n
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Flood victim, Katheryn Eads.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Katheryn Eads and her husband were camping in an RV when they got separated in the floodwaters, her daughter said.<\/p>\n

“Dr. Katheryn Eads lived a fulfilling life, cut far too short,” the Eads family said in a statement. “She was an incredible wife, daughter, mother, grandmother, and person who spent her life helping kids, from those in the foster care system early in her career to those in school, both in early education as a psychologist and in college as a professor. Trying to figure out our lives without her is a possibility we never planned to face and we will always miss her.”<\/p>\n

Sarah Marsh <\/h3>\n

Sarah Marsh, 8, of Mountain Brook, Alabama, was a camper at Camp Mystic, Mountain Brook Mayor Stewart Welch said.<\/p>\n

“This is an unimaginable loss for her family, her school, and our entire community. Sarah’s passing is a sorrow shared by all of us, and our hearts are with those who knew and loved her,” the mayor said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Alabama Sen. Katie Britt wrote on social media that she’s “keeping her family in our thoughts and prayers during this unimaginable time.”<\/p>\n

ABC News’ Camilla Alcini, Christopher Looft and Gabrielle Vinick contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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