That’s to say that Mystic knew about the weather, was monitoring the situation, and in a huge storm had a plan that said campers should remain in their cabins instead of having them leave for higher ground. I think all of that is based on decades of experience, and they just completely underestimated this situation.
Based on the conversation I had tonight, I think they stuck with their plan, and that was a fatal mistake. So much so, they realized it mid event, did what they could to get the girls out, and were just too late. Dick lost his life and his son Ed barely saved the girls that he could. Ed ended up in a tree with a bunch of the girls who all survived, except for one who was holding on for dear life to another girl. She lost grip and Ed (and I’m assuming some of the girls) watched her get swept away.
What I haven’t heard is if that girl is the one who found a log to float on and got fished out by a Good Samaritan right next to La junta.
That little girl was at church this Sunday playing king of the hill with about 30 other kids like nothing ever happened. My son was one of the ones being too rough with her and he had absolutely no idea that she was the little girl that his whole camp watched get evacuated by a Blackhawk helicopter from the La junta athletic field. I really am having trouble keeping up with the reality of all of it.