A teen counselor who was excited about spending the summer “loving and mentoring” her young charges was among the girls killed when historic flash flooding swept through a Texas Christian camp over the weekend, her devastated family revealed Monday.
Chloe Childress, 19, and at least 26 other campers and counselors from Camp Mystic — an all-girls summer camp in Hunt — died when the Guadalupe River rose 26 feet in less than an hour early Friday morning, killing at least 82 people in the surrounding community.
“Returning as a counselor to the place she loved so dearly, Chloe was looking forward to dedicating her summer days to loving and mentoring young girls at Camp Mystic,” her heartbroken family said in a statement.
The Houston teen, who had arrived at the camp just days before, “lived a beautiful life that saturated those around her with contagious joy, unending grace, and