Overview
- Texas lawmakers’ joint committee, which opened public hearings Monday, heard an investigator detail no drills, no radios and no written flood evacuation plan.
- Lead investigator Casey Garrett said leadership delays and an obedience-first culture left teen counselors afraid to act and turned evacuations into ad hoc rescues.
- On Tuesday, director Edward Eastland apologized to families of the 27 victims as several lawmakers questioned whether the Eastland family should continue running the camp this summer.
- State health officials last week cited at least 22 deficiencies in Camp Mystic’s emergency plan and are reviewing its license while the owners seek a late‑May partial reopening for roughly 900 campers.
- Families have filed lawsuits over the 27 deaths, and the Texas Rangers have visited the site as part of broader reviews, after the Legislature last year required sirens, staff training and detailed emergency plans at youth camps in flood‑prone areas.