About this episode

The episode recounts the initial hours of a flood through the experiences of a family searching for their missing daughter and local residents sharing their survival stories.

Matthew Childress and his wife, Wendie, learn that their daughter, Chloe, an 18-year-old counselor at Camp Mystic, is missing. And residents in Kerr County recount how they survived the grueling initial hours of the flood.

Topics covered

• flood
• missing person
• survival
• family
• community response

Keywords

• flood
• missing
• Kerr County
• Camp Mystic
• survival

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Camp Mystic

Places: Kerr County

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