AUSTIN, Texas — Camp Mystic administrators announced Thursday they are pulling back their licensing application to operate during the upcoming summer season, stating they want to allow more time for bereaved families to mourn their losses.
The announcement follows several days of intense scrutiny from Texas state legislators who have been examining how camp leadership handled the catastrophic flooding that occurred on July 4th. That disaster took the lives of 25 young campers and two teenage staff members. Camp owner Dick Eastland also perished in the flood waters.
“No administrative process or summer season should move forward while families continue to grieve, while investigations continue and while so many Texans still carry the pain of last July’s tragedy,” Camp Mystic said in a statement.
The Texas Department of State Health Services verified Thursday that camp officials had indeed withdrawn their licensing request.
