Camp Mystic victims: Sarah Marsh's family says 8-year-old was a ‘beautiful spunky ray of light'
Renee Smajstrla, Sarah Marsh, Janie Hunt, and Lila Bonner were identified as the four children who lost their lives after floods hit Camp Mystic.
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A family member of Sarah, Debbie Ford Marsh, wrote a sweet message on Facebook.
'We will always feel blessed to have had this beautiful spunky ray of light in our lives,' Marsh, who was identified as the eight-year-old's grandmother, said. 'She will live on in our hearts forever!'
Meanwhile, Vice President JD Vance wrote a message for the flood victims.
'Our nation's heart breaks for the victims in Texas and their families. Just an incomprehensible tragedy. I hope everyone affected knows they're in the prayers of my family, and of millions of Americans,' he wrote on X, platform formerly known as Twitter.
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Helicopters, boats and drones were used in the search operations to look for victims and to rescue stranded people in trees and from camps isolated by washed-out roads.
'People need to know today will be a hard day,' said Kerrville Mayor Joe Herring, Jr. 'Please pray for our community.'
'We don't even want to begin to estimate at this time,' said City Manager Dalton Rice said on Saturday morning. Among those confirmed dead was the director of a camp just up the road from Camp Mystic.
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