The longtime owner and director of Camp Mystic Dick Eastland died while trying to save and protect campers from rushing floodwaters.

(Reuters) -Founded by a University of Texas football coach, Camp Mystic where raging floodwaters swept away dozens of girls - killing several and leaving many others missing - was established along the banks of the Guadalupe River in central Texas hill country nearly a century ago "to provide young girls with a wholesome Christian atmosphere.

The child was among 23 to 25 girls from the camp who had been unaccounted for following flash floods that swept through Central Texas.