Exclusive (KXAN)-An Austin family whose eight-year-old daughter Linni Was killed Camp Mistic Two months ago in texas Malignant floodSpeaking in a special interview.
“Linni was very special,” her mother, Callie McCon examined KXAN, loved dance and gymnastics, describing the child between her only daughter, two other boys. “She was the glue of our family. I thought her as his best friend. He was a child in school that everyone always included as others. She never wanted anyone to be left out. She had an infectious sken down, she was very foolish and funny, and just so cute.”
Both Callie and Michael McCon sat with KXAN. Gov. Checking moments after Greg Abbott Signed a slate of flood -related reforms In a ceremony, he participated in the law on Friday along with other affected families.
Pink wearing ”Heaven 27“Ker County, including other campers and consultants who were killed during the July 4 floods and colored bracelets – with a pink one with the beginning of Lunny – McCon repeatedly stated that his daughter’s death was” 100 percent “.
After the flood, Michael went to the camp with a blanket in the hope of finding his daughter a cold but alive. He was one of the first people to come and saw the debris everywhere.
Lini’s body was found on 7 July. His identity was confirmed through DNA records. A few days later the family was informed, he said.
Michael still has a dull question: “How can this happen?”
Callie said, “The longer we had, the less hope we had.” “Honestly, by the time the results of DNA came out, the best case was the scenario. We had to think of them to find our daughter’s body as good news at that point – which is frightening.”
‘I don’t want any other parents to suffer’
Two months later, McCon says they are “not well” and are still looking for answers. He praised the new camp security measures, including withdrawal When national weather services issue a flash flood or flood warnings and the state denies licenses to camps with cabins located in the floodgrounds. Michael said that these steps are “general knowledge” that all camps in the region should have been “baseline”.
“If this was a private policy by the camp,” Michael said about the compulsory flood warning withdrawal, “These children will still live.”
“When some 100 percent can be stopped, it is just terrible and it is very sad,” he said. “And, therefore, I have a very difficult time calling it a tragedy. Because, in my mind, it was 100 percent to be stopped.”
National Weather Service issued flash flood warning For Hunt, near Camp Mistic, it was expanded at 1:14 pm and a dozen other counties at 1:32 pm
“I don’t like my daughter had to die for it,” said Callie. “But I never want any other innocent child to die while they are in the summer camp, as it should be the safest place.
Callie and Michael McCon specifically sept. Check on 5 (KXAN Photo/Matt Grant).
Camp Mistic had earlier stated that it supports efforts to make the camps safe, which state officials did not find anything wrong with their emergency response plan during the July 2 inspection.
Camp Mistic said in a statement earlier, “We join 27 campers and families of consultants who will secure camps and communities along the Gwadalup River, especially on July 4, saving life and building warning systems,” Camp Mistic said in a statement. “The July 4 flood was a natural disaster of a magnitude never recorded in our region. Hydrologist Texas House and Selected Satet committees before the disaster preparation and before the flood test, it is called a 1,000 -year incident.”
McCons said that her daughter was “so bright light”, which is “very good in the world.”
“She was very excited,” Callie said, “Describing Lunny’s feelings about participating in the camp mistake for the first time.” “She said she knew that she was going to take homesic. But she knew that there would be people who took care of her.”
“We hadn’t thought that she would not have been coming home,” she said.
