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After attending Camp Mystic earlier this summer, 10-year-old Pazlee Spielman of Bryan set up a "lemon-aid" stand to raise money for victims of the deadly Hill Country floods that claimed the lives of fellow campers and counselors.
As of 6:25 p.m. on Wednesday, 96 people — 60 adults and 36 children — are dead after Hill Country flooding, Kerr County officials said.
Amid staggering loss, hundreds gathered in mourning and prayer at a Wednesday night vigil for the victims of the July Fourth floods.
Several Kerrville Independent School District teachers and staff members drove school buses full of hundreds of campers from Camp La Junta and Camp Mystic to reunification sites on July 4.
The director of Camp Mystic was among the people killed due to the Hill Country floods, according to the Kerrville Daily Times.
The family was reportedly vacationing at a river house in Kerr County as the floods swept through the area unannounced.