Former campers and counselors speak on how the famed Hill Country camp became more than a place for summer games.

Before the floods came, they dreamed of becoming athletes, singers, teachers, and just like their big sisters. Of giving back to their communities and making their families proud. Of growing up. When the Guadalupe River rose to historic heights shortly before dawn on the Fourth of July,

A spokesperson for Camp Mystic and its owner's family cannot confirm whether flash flood emergency alerts reached personnel on July 4.