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Need to know
- Two victims of the terrible floods in Texas have been identified as the 8-year-old twin grandchildren to before Miami Herald Publisher David Lawrence Jr.
- Lawrence confirmed to Herald That Hanna and Rebecca had died at Camp Mystic; Their sister Harper, 14, was also in the camp but survived
- Twenty -seven campers and counselors from Camp Mystic died when the Guadalupe river suddenly abundant due to outstanding rain during the weekend of July 4, and eleven are still missing
The 8-year-old twin child of the newspaper publisher David Lawrence Jr. were among those who died during devastating lightning flows It beat central Texas during the weekend 4 July.
Lawrence, the former publisher of Miami Herald and Detroit Free Pressconfirmed to Herald that his twin child, Hanna and Rebecca, and their 14-year-old sister, Harper, had been at Camp mystic when Guadalupe River abundancesuddenly overwhelming Christian Girls’ Summer Camp. The twins, he confirmed, had died in the floods; He had previously shared that Harper was ‘safe’ per report from CBS news.
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“It’s been an unthinkable time for all of us. Hanna and Rebecca gave their parents John and Lacy and Sister Harper, and everything in our family, so much joy,” Lawrence said Herald in a statement. “They and that joy can never be forgotten.”
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His son, John, is one of Lawrence five children with Mrs. Roberta. Per it HeraldJohn and Lacy are lawyers and live in Dallas. Under Lawrence’s service as Miami Herald ‘S publisher, the paper won five Pulitzers. He retired in 1999 and founded Children’s movement in FloridaA group for educational negotiations.
In a statement to NBC News TexasTheir parents confirmed that the girls had recently finished 2nd class at the University Park Elementary School.
“Hanna and Rebecca gave us so much joy, to their big sister Harper and to so many others,” the parents wrote. “We will find ways to keep that joy and continue to spread it to them. But we are destroyed by the fact that the band we shared with them and that they shared with each other are now frozen in time. Thanks for love and support.”
People have reached Lawrence through the children’s movement in Florida for further comments.
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The death speech from the sudden, catastrophic floods continues to climb, and from Monday July 7, over 100 have died. In a statement about its WebsiteCamp Mystic confirmed that 27 of the dead were campers and advisers at Summertime Retreat, which is embedded along the Guadalupe River.
Ten of the campers and an adviser are still missing, said Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha, According to CNN. The owner’s owner, Richard “Dick” EastlandAlso died.
“Our hearts are broken with our families who hold out this unthinkable tragedy,” the camp said in a statement. “We are constantly praying for them. We have been in communication with local and state authorities that tirelessly use extensive resources to search for our missing girls.”
